gone case

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English

Noun

gone case (plural gone cases)

  1. (Singapore, India, idiomatic) Someone or something that is deemed irredeemable, hopeless and beyond help; a doomed person or thing.
    Synonym: lost cause
    • 1991 August 9, Valerie Tan, w:The Straits Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, →OCLC, section 3, page 19:
      gone case – something that cannot be saved (eg. he’s a gone case).
    • 2006, DanielS, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      That ex-lecturer-to-be confirm gone case liao.
    • 2006, Kantian , soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      don't worry, it is already a gone case, and nothing u can do about it but just watch.

Translations

synonym of lost cause (“irredeemable person or thing”) — see lost cause
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