done and dusted

done and dusted

English

Etymology

1953, UK,[1] with "dusted" alliterative and expressing "finishing touches". Compare home and hosed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

done and dusted (not comparable)

1. (Britain, idiomatic, of a task) Completed thoroughly and satisfactorily.
   • 1953, Brit. Bee Jrnl. 15 Oct. 669/1:[1]

     All to be done and dusted before the National Honey Show. After this the grand clear up.

Translations

an idiomatic expression - completed thoroughly

Maori: kua kēhi

References

1. “done and dusted” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

Further reading

• "Done and dusted", English Stack Exchange
• "Done and Dusted", Wordorigins.org