en avoir jusque-là

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʒys.k(ə).la də/

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Verb

en avoir jusque-là

1. (intransitive, idiomatic, informal) to have had it up to here (with); to have had enough (of), to be fed up (with) [with de ‘someone/something’]

   Synonyms: en avoir assez, en avoir plus qu’assez

   Il en a jusque-là de ton insouciance.

   He's had it up to here with your insolence.

Usage notes

• Note that the adverbial pronoun en is a fixed part of the expression included regardless of the separate complementary de-phrase.

References

• “jusque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.