Meanings
- idiomaticAn expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something.
So much for goodwill!
3 more examples
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.
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
Translations
Catalan allà va
- allà vaan expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Chinese Mandarin 也不過如此 /也不过如此
- 也不過如此 /也不过如此 (yě bùguò rúcǐ)an expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Finnish se siitä
- se siitäan expression of dismissiveness or resignation
French tant pis
- tant pisan expression of dismissiveness or resignation
German so viel zum Thema ..., so viel dazu
- so viel zum Thema ...an expression of dismissiveness or resignation
- so viel dazuan expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Hungarian ennyit a(z) …-ról/-ről, ennyit arról, hogy …
- ennyit a(z) …-ról/-rőlan expression of dismissiveness or resignation
- ennyit arról, hogy …an expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Italian alla faccia di, altro che
- alla faccia dian expression of dismissiveness or resignation
- altro chean expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Korean 조차도
- 조차도 (jochado)an expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Latin hactenus
- hactenusan expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Polish tyle z
- tyle zan expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Portuguese lá se vai, lá se foi
- lá se vaian expression of dismissiveness or resignation
- lá se foian expression of dismissiveness or resignation
- já eraan expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Russian вот тебе́ и
- вот тебе́ и (vot tebé i)an expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Spanish pues vaya con
- pues vaya conan expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Swedish så mycket för
- så mycket föran expression of dismissiveness or resignation
Cite this entry
so much for. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so%20much%20for
“so much for.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so%20much%20for. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “so much for,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so%20much%20for.
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