Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseIt is inevitable. There is no alternative.
Similar
there's no getting around it
Translations
Arabic لَا مَفَرّ, لَا أَسْتَطِيع ذٰلِك
- لَا مَفَرّ (lā mafarr)it is inevitable
- لَا أَسْتَطِيع ذٰلِك (lā ʔastaṭīʕ ḏālik)it is inevitable
Chinese Mandarin 沒辦法 /没办法
- 沒辦法 /没办法 (méi bànfǎ)it is inevitable
Czech nedá se nic dělat
- nedá se nic dělatit is inevitable
Finnish sille ei voi mitään
- sille ei voi mitäänit is inevitable
French on n'y peut rien, on ne peut rien y faire
- on n'y peut rienit is inevitable
- on ne peut rien y faireit is inevitable
German es lässt sich nicht ändern
- es lässt sich nicht ändernit is inevitable
Hebrew אין מנוס
- אין מנוסit is inevitable
Hungarian elkerülhetetlen, menthetetlen
- elkerülhetetlenit is inevitable
- menthetetlenit is inevitable
- nincs mit tenniit is inevitable
- nem tehetünk semmitit is inevitable
- nincs más választásit is inevitable
Japanese 仕方がない, しょうがない
- 仕方がない (shikata ga nai)it is inevitable
- しょうがない (shō ga nai)it is inevitable
- 如何せん (ikansen)it is inevitable
- やむをえない (yamu wo enai)it is inevitable
Korean 확증이 없다, 별 도리가 없다
- 확증이 없다 (hwakjeung'i eopda)it is inevitable
- 별 도리가 없다 (byeol doriga eopda)it is inevitable
- 어쩔 수 없다 (eojjeol su eopda)it is inevitable
- 할 수 없다 (hal su eopda)it is inevitable
Māori e taea te pēwhea (hoki)
- e taea te pēwhea (hoki)it is inevitable
Polish nic się z tym nie da zrobić
- nic się z tym nie da zrobićit is inevitable
Portuguese não há o que fazer
- não há o que fazerit is inevitable
Romanian ce sa-I faci, n-ai incotro
- ce sa-I faciit is inevitable
- n-ai incotroit is inevitable
Russian ничего́ не поде́лаешь, ничего́ не попи́шешь
- ничего́ не поде́лаешь (ničevó ne podélaješʹ)it is inevitable
- ничего́ не попи́шешь (ničevó ne popíšešʹ)it is inevitable
Scottish Gaelic chan eil cothrom air
- chan eil cothrom airit is inevitable
Spanish no hay más remedio
- no hay más remedioit is inevitable
Swedish det kan inte hjälpas
- det kan inte hjälpasit is inevitable
Turkish çaresi yok, başka yolu yok
- çaresi yokit is inevitable
- başka yolu yokit is inevitable
- yapacak bir şey yokit is inevitable
Ukrainian нічо́го не вді́єш
- нічо́го не вді́єш (ničóho ne vdíješ)it is inevitable
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APA
it can't be helped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/it%20can't%20be%20helped
MLA
“it can't be helped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/it%20can't%20be%20helped. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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