Bang goes something!

Bang goes something!
Bang goes (something)! informal something that you say when you have just lost the opportunity to do something.

I've just been told I'm working late this evening. Oh well, bang goes the cinema!


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  • bang goes something — spoken phrase used for saying that you now have no chance of getting something you wanted Oh, well, bang goes our holiday! Thesaurus: not likely to happensynonym not possiblesynonym general words meaning to happensynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • bang goes something — spoken used for saying that you now have no chance of getting something you wanted Oh, well, bang goes our holiday! …   English dictionary

  • bang goes something — informal a plan or hope is suddenly or completely destroyed. → bang …   English new terms dictionary

  • Bang goes! — Bang goes (something)! informal something that you say when you have just lost the opportunity to do something. I ve just been told I m working late this evening. Oh well, bang goes the cinema! …   New idioms dictionary

  • bang — I UK [bæŋ] / US verb Word forms bang : present tense I/you/we/they bang he/she/it bangs present participle banging past tense banged past participle banged * 1) [intransitive/transitive] to hit something hard, making a loud noise I banged on the… …   English dictionary

  • bang — [[t]bæ̱ŋ[/t]] bangs, banging, banged 1) N COUNT; SOUND A bang is a sudden loud noise such as the noise of an explosion. I heard four or five loud bangs... She slammed the door with a bang... The television went bang. 2) VERB If something bangs,… …   English dictionary

  • bang — bang1 noun 1》 a sudden loud, sharp noise.     ↘a sudden painful blow. 2》 (bangs) N. Amer. a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead. 3》 Computing, chiefly N. Amer. the character ‘!’. verb 1》 strike or put down forcefully and noisily.… …   English new terms dictionary

  • bang — bang1 S3 [bæŋ] n 1.) a sudden loud noise caused by something such as a gun or an object hitting a hard surface ▪ There was a loud bang outside the kitchen door. 2.) a painful blow to the body when you hit against something or something hits you …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bang — 1 noun 1 (C) a sudden loud noise caused by something such as a gun or an object hitting a hard surface: The front door slammed with a loud bang. 2 (C) a hard knock or hit against something: That was a nasty bang on the head. 3 bangs (plural) AmE… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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