by the board : to fall overboard, to go for good and all, to be ‘carried away’.
| Example | Meaning |
I don't think that, that's even done, I mean I think the thing has gone by the board. |
Stop and not resume. |
| Example | Meaning |
But they- that thing's gone by the board today; nobody wants milk like that. |
Stop and not resume. |
| Example | Meaning |
I think that Toronto used to be the city for public-health, but now it isn 't anymore. Everything has gone, by the board. Its ah too bad. And we had child-health-centres for each area where the people came and brought their babies and we had two doctors who usually came in and ah, would see them. |
Stopped and not resumed. |
| Example | Meaning |
So ah there was a lot of- a lot of hugger-mugger and and things went by the- go- go by the board suddenly um, and that 's when I- I think the- the- the lessons- the lessons ended. |
Stopped and not resumed. |
They used to- now they used to put- there was a baseball diamond- two of them here. Um, that went by the board. But- eith-- I don 't know if it was because of complaints from the residents. |
Stopped and not resumed. |
| Example | Meaning |
I don't know why that stopped, because it was entertainment and it was fun to go to a ball game and watch local guys play and, anyway um that's gone by the board too. |
Stopped and not resumed. |
