Meanings
- idiomaticThere are no rules or restrictions.
My way, your way, anything goes tonight!
1987, Guns N' Roses, “Anything Goes”3 more examples
In olden days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking But now, Heaven knows, Anything goes.
1934, Cole Porter, Anything GoesJoyce Barnaby: You don't kill someone because they made you redundant. DCI Tom Barnaby: Not in the town, dear, but this is the country. And, in the country, anything goes.
1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders[…] fucking and sucking by providing an anything-goes atmosphere reminiscent of the wildest days of the baths.
2004, Charles Silverstein, Felice Picano, The Joy of Gay Sex: Fully Revised and Expanded Third Edition, page 228
Translations
Catalan tot s'hi val
- tot s'hi valthere are no rules of restrictions
German alles ist möglich
- alles ist möglichthere are no rules of restrictions
Greek όλα επιτρέπονται
- όλα επιτρέπονται (óla epitrépontai)there are no rules of restrictions
Polish wszystko jest dozwolone
- wszystko jest dozwolonethere are no rules of restrictions
Portuguese vale tudo
- vale tudothere are no rules of restrictions
Russian всё что хо́чешь
- всё что хо́чешь (vsjo što xóčešʹ)there are no rules of restrictions
Spanish todo vale
- todo valethere are no rules of restrictions
Cite this entry
anything goes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anything%20goes
“anything goes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anything%20goes. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anything goes,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anything%20goes.
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