the party is over
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used to say that a period of happiness, enjoyment, etc. has come to an end and one's life is going to get back to the state it previously was, if not worse
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Idiom
Informal
例
The staff hardly worked at all under the old management, but they'll soon find out that the party's over.
After a year of traveling and adventure, it was time to return to a regular work routine; the party was over.
