already taken
Synonyms
Examples
Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken.
The thing has already taken form in my mind before I start it. The first attempts are absolutely unbearable. I say this because I want you to know that if you see something worthwhile in what I am doing, it is not by accident but because of real direction and purpose.
It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.
I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.
Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.
To the seeker after the new, or the sensational, to those who expect a sinister frisson from modern music, it is my melancholy duty to point out that all the bomb throwing and guillotining has already taken place.