Friday, September 24, 2004

Today's OED antedating: "all washed up"

(All) washed up, colloquial, without future prospects ("washed," ppl. a., sec 3, first use cited 1934): Play titled Once in a Lifetime, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, 1930, act II: "MAY. I said we’re washed up. Through, finished, and out!"