game over

partie terminée, fin de partie

Message indiquant que la partie est finie, souvent parce que le joueur a perdu.

En anglais simple : A message saying that play has finished, often because the player has lost.

• The screen says game over.
• I lost my last life, and game over appeared.
• After the final boss fell, the screen displayed game over.

Expressions courantes : game over screen, game over message

c’est fini, tout est fini

Indique qu’une situation est terminée, généralement parce qu’il n’y a plus de chance de réussir.

En anglais simple : A situation has ended, usually because there is no longer any chance of success.

• Without their support, it’s game over.
• When the files disappeared, it was game over for our project.
• One more defeat and it could be game over for the team.

Comment l'utiliser : it is game over for someone/something (It was game over for the deal when the bank refused funding.)

Synonymes : the end

Expressions courantes : be game over, game over already

mort, fin de la vie

Façon familière de dire que quelqu’un meurt ou va mourir.

En anglais simple : A way of saying that someone dies or will die.

• One fatal mistake, and it’s game over.
• Without his safety rope, that fall would have meant game over.
• The pilot knew an engine failure there could mean game over for him.

Synonymes : death

Expressions courantes : be game over, game over forever

écran de fin de partie

L’apparition à l’écran du message indiquant que la partie est terminée.

En anglais simple : An occasion when a game displays a message saying that play has ended.

• I got a game over.
• Three mistakes led to another game over.
• How many game overs did you get before finishing?

Expressions courantes : a game over, another game over