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Simone
"That's it" and its meaning

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<font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Could you explain the meaning of "that's it"???</font></font></font>

<font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"> Can I finish a speech or a introduction telling this phrase??</font></font></font>

<font color="#00000a"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">What case can I use this phrase in??</font></font></font>

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Jan 5, 2018 10:19 AM
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I think it has different uses

1. Literal... that is it ... like if you physically point something out.

2. As others mention... in frustration we say, "that's it, i have had enough"

3. I also think we sometimes use it like the french "voilá" ... as if to say "you see, that's it! .. a kind if emphatic positive confirmation of some point.

That is just off the top off my head...

January 5, 2018
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Simone,  You could say "That's it" at the end of a conversation as a finisher. 

Additionally the phrase could be used as a command - "That's it!" - as in, "No more!"

Or- "That's it!" could also be an 'aha moment', when a solution to a problem is found.

January 5, 2018

@darren potter: yes, great suggestions - you can use it at the beginning of a sentence but note that your intonation will change.

You can also use it to confirm something:  "That's it!  That's what I was thinking / that's what I was going to say!"

or "That's it!  you guessed it!"


January 5, 2018
It can be used at beginning of a sentence e.g. that's it I have had enough,  meaning you are finished with whatever doing, but that's more aggressive like you have had enough of certain situation. You could say that's it if someone is pointing at something you want so they know to pass it you.  I wouldn't really finish a sentence in that though as not really polite or proper.
January 5, 2018

It's informal so no, I wouldn't use it to finish a speech.  And you wouldn't use it for an introduction as 'that's it' means 'I'm finished'.

You can use this phrase, usually after a series of events, to signal that you are done, you are finished or that you have nothing further to say.

e.g., I went to the store, I bought some items and then I took the bus home.  That's it. (e.g., I just did these 3 things and nothing else).

Hope that helps a little.

After a few more corrections like this on italki, I'm going to say to myself 'that's it' and then I'm going to sleep :)

January 5, 2018

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