If A happens, it's over (nothing will be of use)
Used to state that even if something else has occurred, if A happens, it negates the benefits/use of the whatever happened.
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僕は次の試験に落ちたら其れまでな乃だ！
If I fail the next exam it's over!
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【それまでだ】Means, "that is the end," or, "there is no more." Used with すれば or したら, and often followed by expressions that mean, "later, there will be nothing left, so it is best to do something now."
人間、死んでしまえばそれまでだ。生きているうちにやりたいことをやろう。/
Once we die, that's it. Let's do the things we want to while we're alive.
Excerpted from 「日本語文型辞典」(2015) pp.192-193
もしAの状態になれば、すべて終わりだ。それ以上何もできない。諦めた気持ち。
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