That-s-all-she-wrote Definition
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(idiomatic, US) Indicating an abrupt termination of a project, or of one’s hopes or plans.
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Origin of That-s-all-she-wrote
Origins Unknown; circa 1940s; thought to be a reference to Dear John letters. Ernest Tubb recorded a song entitled That's All She Wrote (sheet music published in 1942).
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