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Grammar list

ほどある

(Ni mo hodo ga aru)

there's a limit to / (X) goes too far.

Connection rules

  • Noun + にもほどがある; plain-form clause + にもほどがある.
  • Strong complaint — X has gone too far.
  • Common in criticism: 冗談にもほどがある ('there's a limit to jokes'), 嘘にもほどがある.

Examples

1.
冗談じょうだんほどある

Joudan ni mo hodo ga aru.

There's a limit to joking — this has gone too far.

there's a limit to / (X) goes too far

2.
失礼しつれいほどある

Shitsurei ni mo hodo ga aru.

That's rude beyond limits.

there's a limit to / (X) goes too far

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