What Goes Up Must Come Down In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "What Goes Up Must Come Down", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Evelyn Nguyen

2020-12-17 12:12

Meaning of What Goes Up Must Come Down

What Goes Up Must Come Down proverb

This idiom is usually used in the literal way, referring to the law of gravity. However, it is sometimes used metaphorically to describe success, price, status, or many other things.

Any person or thing (stock market, popularity, social influence, success, etc) that has risen will eventually fall and return to normal.

A: "The food in our school's canteen is more and more expensive" B: "I see. However, what goes up must come down!"

Although home prices keep increasing, what goes up must come down!

We can hit a stone in the air, but what goes up must come down.

A child is scared because his big balloon has ascended into the sky. His father told him that what goes up must come down and the balloon will eventually fall back down.

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Be very nearly or inevitably lost, departed or deceased

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To have someone completely under your control

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To obey the rules that one imposed.

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To find ways of avoiding or breaking the rules, either those of life in general or of a specific structure or organization, in order to achieve your aim

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A guy of integrity, respect, and adherence to the law.

Grammar and Usage of What Goes Up Must Come Down

Origin of What Goes Up Must Come Down

A balloon which rises into the air will eventually come down to the ground — Things that rise into the air will eventually return to the ground due to gravity
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This idiom came from the physical properties of gravity: things that rise into the air will eventually return to the ground due to gravity.