تَمَادَىhas gone too far

Example sentences

• لَيْتَ شَعْرِيَ وَقَدْ تَمَادَى بِكَ الْهَجْرُ أَمْ مِنْكَ التَّفْرِيطُ أَمْ كَانَ مِنِّي،

  I wish I knew: now that estrangement toward you has gone so far, was the negligence yours, or was it mine?

  تَمَادَى — has gone too far. A past-tense verb with its 'it' subject built in, meaning to carry on to excess. It is the action the certainty particle just emphasised. Person and tense ride inside the verb.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →