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the most overworked lie in the English language, doing five jobs at once.
means Acceptable or satisfactory; alternatively, of high quality, delicate, or thin; also used as a flat (often insincere) reassurance that all is well.
from From Latin 'finis,' meaning 'end' or 'boundary' — the same root behind 'finish' and 'final.' The journey from 'end' to 'good' runs through the idea of completion: something brought to its end was finished, perfected, refined. Old French 'fin' carried this sense of 'perfected, of the highest quality' into Middle English. The 'thin/delicate' meaning grew from the same notion of refinement — fine flour, fine thread, finely worked. And the monetary 'fine' (a penalty) is a separate branch from the same Latin word, originally a payment that brought a dispute to its 'end.'
- penalty
- A fine punishes you, yet means everything's okay
- old root
- From Latin finis, meaning end or boundary
- quality flex
- Fine wine and fine print are opposites in mood
- passive aggression
- I'm fine is rarely actually true
- fine arts
- Fine once meant refined, pure, perfected
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