so much for

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Phrase

so much for

1. (idiomatic) An expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something.

   For years, Volkswagen cars were designed to cheat on emissions tests. So much for "German engineering".

   Well, I guess it'll never work. So much for that idea.

Translations

an expression of dismissiveness or resignation

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: allà va
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 也不過如此／也不过如此 (yě bùguò rúcǐ)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: se siitä
• French: tant pis (fr)
• Georgian: ესეც თქვენი (esec tkveni), ესეც შენი (esec šeni)
• German: so viel zum Thema ..., so viel dazu
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: ennyit a(z) …-ról/-ről, ennyit arról, hogy …
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: alla faccia di, altro che
• Korean: 조차도 (jochado)
• Latin: hactenus (la)
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: tyle z
• Portuguese: lá se vai, lá se foi, já era
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: вот тебе́ и (vot tebé i)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: pues vaya con
• Swedish: så mycket för

See also

• kiss goodbye
• so much
• write off

Anagrams

• forsomuch