песня спета

• ПЕСЕНКА <ПЕСНЯ> СПЕТА чья coll

[VPsubj with быть; fixed WO]

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⇒ s.o.'s career, success, well-being, or life has ended or is about to end (usu. as a result of unfavorable circumstances):

- Х-ова песенка спета{{}}≈ X's song is over (has ended);

- X is finished (done for);

- X's number (time) is up;

- it's all over for X;

- [in limited contexts] X's goose is cooked;

- X has had it (his day).

     ♦ "Но армия?.. Что станет с армией?" - "Армия может возродить Францию. А если нет?.. Тогда ее песенка спета. Лет на сто..." (Эренбург 4). "But the Army?" said Picard. "What will happen to the Army?" "The Army can regenerate France. And if not? Well, then her song is over. For a hundred years " (4a).

     ♦ При такой разрухе, какая царила на дороге, сторожка могла оказаться пустой и разваленной. В таком случае песенка его будет спета... (Максимов 3). The whole route was in such a state of chaos that the hut might very well be deserted and in ruins. In that case he was done for... (3a).

     ♦ "Твой отец добрый малый, - промолвил Базаров, - но он человек отставной, его песенка спета" (Тургенев 2). "Your father's a good man," said Bazarov, "but he's old-fashioned, he's had his day" (2c).