anything goes en · X
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) There are no rules or restrictions.
[…] fucking and sucking by providing an anything-goes atmosphere reminiscent of the wildest days of the baths.
2004, Charles Silverstein, Felice Picano, The Joy of Gay Sex: Fully Revised and Expanded Third Edition, page 228:In olden days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking But now, Heaven knows, Anything goes.
1934, Cole Porter, Anything Goes:My way, your way, anything goes tonight!
1987, Guns N' Roses, “Anything Goes”:Joyce Barnaby: You don't kill someone because they made you redundant. DCI Tom Barnaby: Not in the town, dear, but this is the country. And, in the country, anything goes.
1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders:
Relateds
debauched · unlimited · unrestricted · promiscuous · no-holds-barred · unregulated · wild · free · fast and loose
Translations (7)
ca tot s'hi val (there are no rules of restrictions) · pl wszystko jest dozwolone (there are no rules of restrictions) · de alles ist möglich (there are no rules of restrictions) · ru всё что хо́чешь (there are no rules of restrictions) · es todo vale (there are no rules of restrictions) · pt vale tudo (there are no rules of restrictions) · el όλα επιτρέπονται (there are no rules of restrictions)