Phrase info

Elvis has left the building

Meaning

Elvis has left the building

(idiomatic) A phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

religion is the artifice, you know, the building, after God has left it sometimes, like Elvis has left the building. You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people's hearts, and that's hard enough. Bono

It's a movie barely fit for a cretin, much less a King. ... If you hear a door slam in the theater, you'll know that Elvis has left the building -- in disgust. Stephanie Zacharek

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