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tapu · 06-18-2011, 08:10 AM

And that's all she wrote!

That's interesting because it has to be delivered exactly that way. You can't say, "I agree but that is all she wrote." It loses its idiomatic meaning (for most speakers) in that context and reverts to the literal: "and she didn't write down anything more."

06-18-2011, 08:10 AM	#122
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,115 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	And that's all she wrote! That's interesting because it has to be delivered exactly that way. You can't say, "I agree but that is all she wrote." It loses its idiomatic meaning (for most speakers) in that context and reverts to the literal: "and she didn't write down anything more." __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?