here we go again
An expression of frustration upon seeing or hearing something bad repeated.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The computer crashed again, so here we go again.”
“When my brother started complaining about his job for the third time today, I thought, here we go again.”
“As the manager began another long, repetitive lecture on office efficiency, the team exchanged tired glances, silently acknowledging that here we go again.”
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come again
A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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easy come, easy go
Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
Last updated August 10, 2026