far gone
idiom
informal
: in a very bad, weak, or confused condition because of being sick, tired, drunk, etc.
He had been drinking for a couple of hours, so he was pretty far gone by then.
She was too far gone to understand what we were asking her.
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If the vote goes the way of a second Trump term, well, our country was already too far gone for the courts to save us from ourselves.
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Washington Post, 8 July 2024
The monkeys – mid-sized primates known for their roaring calls – were too far gone as Mexico grapples with drought along with heat.
—Mark Stevenson and Maria Verza, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2024
Investors and businesses in China and abroad, as well as other governments, have so far gone along with the pretense that China is either succeeding at reform or understandably choosing to defer it; few have been willing to conclude that China has tried to reform but failed.
—Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
Baltimore needs a new entity to solve this problem at scale — an institution armed with the power to take control of vacant properties and find new owners who are accountable for restoring them or the power to demolish those that are too far gone.
—Mary Miller, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2024
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Washington Post, 8 July 2024
The monkeys – mid-sized primates known for their roaring calls – were too far gone as Mexico grapples with drought along with heat.
—Mark Stevenson and Maria Verza, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2024
Investors and businesses in China and abroad, as well as other governments, have so far gone along with the pretense that China is either succeeding at reform or understandably choosing to defer it; few have been willing to conclude that China has tried to reform but failed.
—Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
Baltimore needs a new entity to solve this problem at scale — an institution armed with the power to take control of vacant properties and find new owners who are accountable for restoring them or the power to demolish those that are too far gone.
—Mary Miller, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Far gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20gone. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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