Meanings
- gamblingIn roulette, the call made by the croupier as the wheel is set in motion.
Synonyms: no more bets, the stakes are set, rien ne va plus
- idiomaticThings have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.
Synonyms: the die is cast
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseIn roulette, the call made by the croupier as the wheel is set in motion.
phraseThings have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.
Origin
- Frenchles jeux sont faits
- Englishles jeux sont faits
Borrowed from French les jeux sont faits (literally “the games are made”). Earliest use found in James Joyce (1882–1941) in the 1920s.
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