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Kanonathena Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

went one too far

-You went one too far.

I can understand this sentence, but What does "one" do here?
  

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Kalimera Athena, I think it refers to 'step' : "You went one [step] too far". There's also a similar expression with time, which you probably know about : "This is one time too many". I'm mentioning it 'coz it's only been few months since I learned it .

— Waïti

  • Kalimera Athena, I think it refers to 'step' : "You went one [step] too far".
  • There's also a similar expression with time, which you probably know about : "This is one time too many".
  • I'm mentioning it 'coz it's only been few months since I learned it .
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Kalimera Athena,

I think it refers to 'step' : "You went one [step] too far".
There's also a similar expression with time, which you probably know about :
"This is one time too many".
I'm mentioning it 'coz it's only been few months since I learned it
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WaïtiThere's also a similar expression with time, which you probably know about :
"This is one time too many".
What does that mean?

There is too many stuff to do at a time?
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You exagerated in doing something, went too far.
http://www.answers.com/topic/go-too-far
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Kanonathena,

By some strange coincidence, it seems somebody has also just asked about 'one time too many' in a separate thread
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What are the chances!

I thought I was totally ignorant of other people's post (actually I really was)

Anyway thank you all for your explaination.
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