Name: English Tutor Nick P Proverbs (136) Enough is Enough
Uploaded: 2019-06-25T15:16:50.000Z
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 136. The  proverb today is enough is

enough. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. Nowadays,  enough is enough as a

proverb is mostly used when someone feels a particular situation needs to

stop. Like that's it . I can't take anymore.  It usually implies that something bad

has lasted way too long or gone too far and one is fed up. You know that's when

you're fed up.  Like your patience has run out and you

you don't want to take anymore or accept anymore.  And no longer has patience to work

it out. So we say enough is enough or enough is enough already.

All right.  Let's continue. Yes. So here he says the origin of the proverb goes back to

John Haywoods book of Proverbs in the sixteenth century. And we mentioned him a

number of times because I've done so many Proverbs and you know it's always

an old one was mentioned in his book. The  16th century is  probably the 1500s. He

didn't actually write all the proverbs.  He collected them and he had a whole

book of proverbs that were already out and around at that time. So we may not

know who actually was the first one to say it,  but this was probably the

earliest citing of it that we could find. The original proverb had a more

positive meaning.  It meant it was good enough and no more was needed. So it doesn't

really have that ...  it didn't really have the meaning it has today. But it was

still a proverb and it was in the book of Proverbs.  Enough is enough. Enough is enough

meaning well that's enough. You don't have to overload me or give me too much.

You don't need anymore. However let's continue.

However the proverbs started to have its present meaning during the civil rights

movement and the feminist movement in the 1960s. The civil rights movement is

probably the earlier 1960s. That was the movement you know,  with Martin Luther

King. You know and of course you know many African Americans trying to get

more fair rights at that time. So saying enough is enough.

Enough of a bad treatment. That's , that's enough. No more. It  must stop and the feminist

movement of course , you know,  to have more opportunities. We say enough is enough.

Okay. Both of them I think used this kind of like a slogan or we heard it a

lot during their campaigns in order to get more attention. Enough is enough . They

can't take anymore.  All right. Since that time the expression

has grown very popular and it's used for anyone complaining about almost anything

now. So we often hear enough is enough already. When is this going to stop. So

that's the way we use it. All right. So let's look at the one example. We have here what are

they going to fix this. You know maybe,  when are they going to fix this road  ? Or fix

this machine ? Enough is enough already.  So somebody probably has already lost their

patience and it's complaining about it.  This is just the way we hear it. Anyway I

hope you got it.  I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.