Idiom
all over bar the shouting
Meaning
Of an activity where the result is known, but may be subject to change, due to it not being officially finished or announced.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The game is all over bar the shouting.”
“With a twenty-point lead and only seconds left, the match is all over bar the shouting.”
“Although the final votes are still being tallied, the election result is essentially all over bar the shouting.”
Examples
simple
“The game is all over bar the shouting.”
contextual
“With a twenty-point lead and only seconds left, the match is all over bar the shouting.”
complex
“Although the final votes are still being tallied, the election result is essentially all over bar the shouting.”
Origin
Literally, “it's finished, except for the shouting.”
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