"much good may it do someone" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From do good.",
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          "ref": "1843, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit",
          "text": "“Mr. Chufiey is a lyin' down,” said Mrs. Gamp, returning, \" and much good may it do him, Mr. Chuzzlewit, which harm it can't and good it may, be joyful!\"",
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          "ref": "1882, Albion Winegar Tourgée, Our Continent, page 722",
          "text": "Your husband may keep his twenty thousand pounds, and much good may it do him!",
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        {
          "ref": "1884, Sarah Tytler, “Beauty and the Beast: A Modern Romance”, in Good Words, volume 25, page 832",
          "text": "Take your own way, and much good may it do you. But remember, if you are not back before the next train, I shall start with Soames, and my dutiful grand-children may find their way back to me as they can.",
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          "ref": "2015, Edgar Watson Howe, The Story of a Country Town",
          "text": "The pin-headed woman who regards her thin-witted husband as the greatest man in the world, is happy, and much good may it do her.",
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          "ref": "2022, Joan Aiken, Jane Austen, Emma Watson: Jane Austen's Unfinished Novel Completed by Joan Aiken, page 832",
          "text": "'And much good may it do me,' returned Emma with a sigh, 'since she, or rather her new husband, has cast me off.'",
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        "Used to express the hope that something will work out well for someone, often with the implication that, while hoping for the best, the speaker does not expect much."
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          "word": "good for someone"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "onnea"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "grand bien te fasse"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "grand bien lui fasse"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "grand bien vous fasse"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "grand bien leur fasse"
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          "word": "oby dobro trafiło"
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  "word": "much good may it do someone"
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          "ref": "1843, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit",
          "text": "“Mr. Chufiey is a lyin' down,” said Mrs. Gamp, returning, \" and much good may it do him, Mr. Chuzzlewit, which harm it can't and good it may, be joyful!\"",
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          "ref": "1882, Albion Winegar Tourgée, Our Continent, page 722",
          "text": "Your husband may keep his twenty thousand pounds, and much good may it do him!",
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        {
          "ref": "1884, Sarah Tytler, “Beauty and the Beast: A Modern Romance”, in Good Words, volume 25, page 832",
          "text": "Take your own way, and much good may it do you. But remember, if you are not back before the next train, I shall start with Soames, and my dutiful grand-children may find their way back to me as they can.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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      "word": "onnea"
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      "word": "grand bien te fasse"
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      "word": "grand bien lui fasse"
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      "word": "grand bien leur fasse"
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      "word": "oby dobro trafiło"
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  "word": "much good may it do someone"
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