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.