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so much for en · X

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) An expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something.
    • Lukas Jensen replaced Roberts. The game restarted with an empty feeling around the ground.[…]So much for planning. A man down, Millwall sank back into a low block. Palace had all of the ball and all of the grass, generating a series of close-range scuffles and last-line wrestling matches. 2025 March 1, Barney Ronay, “Crystal Palace through after Millwall keeper’s red for head-high tackle on Mateta”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025:
    • Well, I guess it'll never work. So much for that idea.
    • For years, Volkswagen cars were designed to cheat on emissions tests. So much for "German engineering".
    • So much for goodwill!

Relateds

so much · write off · kiss goodbye

Translations (22)

ca allà va (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · pt lá se vai (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · pt já era (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · pl tyle z (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · hu ennyit a(z) …-ról/-ről (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · de so viel zum Thema ... (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · be вось вам і (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · fr tant pis (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · es pues vaya con (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · it alla faccia di (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · de so viel dazu (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · pt lá se foi (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · la hactenus (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · ka ესეც თქვენი (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · ka ესეც შენი (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · hu ennyit arról, hogy … (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · sv så mycket för (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · cmn 也不過如此 /也不过如此 (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · it altro che (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · ru вот тебе́ и (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · fi se siitä (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) · ko 조차도 (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation)