anything goes

English

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Phrase

anything goes

1. (idiomatic) There are no rules or restrictions.
   • 1934, Cole Porter, Anything Goes:

     In olden days a glimpse of stocking
     Was looked on as something shocking
     But now, Heaven knows,
     Anything goes.

   • 1987, Guns N' Roses, Anything Goes:

     My way, your way, anything goes tonight!

   • 2004, Charles Silverstein, Felice Picano, The Joy of Gay Sex: Fully Revised and Expanded Third Edition, page 228:

     […] fucking and sucking by providing an anything-goes atmosphere reminiscent of the wildest days of the baths.

Translations

there are no rules of restrictions

• Catalan: tot s'hi val
• German: alles ist möglich
• Greek: όλα επιτρέπονται (óla epitrépontai)
• Polish: wszystko jest dozwolone n
• Portuguese: vale tudo
• Russian: всё что хо́чешь (vsjo što xóčešʹ)
• Spanish: todo vale

See also

• unrestricted
• free
• wild
• fast and loose
• debauched
• promiscuous
• unregulated
• no-holds-barred
• unlimited

References

• “anything goes”, in Collins English Dictionary.