Meanings
interjection
- idiomaticironicExpression of displeasure towards a person who has not provided what was wanted.
I brought another pencil for you, but I accidentally broke it. - Thanks for nothing; now I'll have to find yet another one.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 多謝嗮喎 /多谢嗮㖞, 多得你唔少
- 多謝嗮喎 /多谢嗮㖞 (do¹ ze⁶ saai³ wo³)unhappy for actual unhelpfulness
- 多得你唔少 (do¹ dak¹...m⁴ siu²)unhappy for actual unhelpfulness
Chinese Mandarin 我謝謝你 /我谢谢你
- 我謝謝你 /我谢谢你 (wǒxièxiènǐ)unhappy for actual unhelpfulness
Finnish kiitos tyhjästä
- kiitos tyhjästäunhappy for actual unhelpfulness
German danke für nichts
- danke für nichtsunhappy for actual unhelpfulness
Icelandic takk fyrir ekkert
- takk fyrir ekkertunhappy for actual unhelpfulness
Norwegian takk for ingenting
- takk for ingentingunhappy for actual unhelpfulness
Polish bez łaski, łaski bez
- bez łaskiunhappy for actual unhelpfulness
- łaski bezunhappy for actual unhelpfulness
Portuguese obrigado por nada, obrigada por nada
- obrigado por nadaunhappy for actual unhelpfulness
- obrigada por nadaunhappy for actual unhelpfulness
Spanish gracias por nada
- gracias por nadaunhappy for actual unhelpfulness
Swedish tack för inget
- tack för ingetunhappy for actual unhelpfulness
Cite this entry
APA
thanks for nothing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks%20for%20nothing
MLA
“thanks for nothing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks%20for%20nothing. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thanks for nothing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks%20for%20nothing.
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