so much for

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

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
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can

• Italian: alla faccia di, altro che
• Korean: 조차도 (jochado)
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• 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: please add this translation if you can

See also

• kiss goodbye
• so much
• write off

Anagrams

• forsomuch