goodnight nurse
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English[edit]
Phrase[edit]
- (informal) Doom, end; game over.
- 2014, Dennis J. McTaggart, Cold Gold II, page 123:
- It was goodnight nurse for him. Karl was getting to his feet, and Dean, who was really getting going, was straight into him. He rained blows onto Karl, and, once again, Karl hit the deck this time and was out for the count.
- 2020, Michael Graham, On Operations with C Squadron SAS, page xiii:
- Once they had found a target, they would radio back the details and location and then it was 'Goodnight nurse' as he put it, because within minutes a missile with a tactical nuclear warhead would be launched and on its way.
- 2021, Bronwyn Davies, New Lives in an Old Land, page 66:
- If the Germans win, it will be goodnight nurse. The Japs will annex this bit of the world.
References[edit]
- The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English