To Cap it All (To Cap it All Off) : (나쁜, 안좋은 것으로) 마지막으로 그 모든 것을 능가하는, 여태껏 일어 났던 모든 것 보다 더 하는
The Piece de resistance : (하나의 무리·시리즈 중에서) 가장 중요한 것, 가장 압도적인 일, 가장 압권인 사건
1)
to Cap it all, for me I would use this phrase to talk about the last thing in a series of events that was even worse than everything else
you could use this positively but I think personally I would use it negatively
to cap it all or to cap it all off
to cap it all, to cap it all of, I would say it a series of negative events but I guess it could be positive
it's to provide the finishing touch
to finish or complete an experience or a situation in a particularly positive or negative way
it's like to surpass, to outdo something that is even more negative or positive than the things that have been gone have been before
it's just saying some extra thing, some thing that adds the finishing touch that surpasses and that outdoes everything that has gone before
I was a great day, I went too the beach and it was a lovelly warm sunny day and I had a great lunch and a swin in the sea and then when I came home, to cap it all I discovered I'd wond the lottery
I'd bad a really bad week, it's been really difficult and now to top it all I have a cold
2)
notice, there are lots of different ways to put this
to crown it all, generally that I am going to use to crown it all negatively as well
to top it all
to top it all of
on top of everything else
to cap it all
to cap it all off
the piece de resistance, I think this could be positive or negative very definitely
to round it off
to finish it up
to finish it all off
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