"so much for" meaning in English

See so much for in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Audio: En-au-so much for.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|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. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: kiss goodbye, so much, write off Translations (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation): allà va (Catalan), 也不過如此 (Chinese Mandarin), 也不过如此 (yě bùguò rúcǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), se siitä (Finnish), tant pis (French), ესეც თქვენი (esec tkveni) (Georgian), ესეც შენი (esec šeni) (Georgian), so viel zum Thema ... (German), so viel dazu (German), ennyit a(z) …-ról/-ről (Hungarian), ennyit arról, hogy … (Hungarian), alla faccia di (Italian), altro che (Italian), 조차도 (jochado) (Korean), hactenus (Latin), tyle z (Polish), lá se vai (Portuguese), lá se foi (Portuguese), já era (Portuguese), вот тебе́ и (vot tebé i) (Russian), pues vaya con (Spanish), så mycket för (Swedish)

Download JSON data for so much for meaning in English (5.1kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "so much for",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English non-constituents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "For years, Volkswagen cars were designed to cheat on emissions tests. So much for \"German engineering\"."
        },
        {
          "text": "Well, I guess it'll never work. So much for that idea."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something."
      ],
      "id": "en-so_much_for-en-phrase-dSBIfZNj",
      "links": [
        [
          "dismissiveness",
          "dismissiveness#English"
        ],
        [
          "disappointment",
          "disappointment#English"
        ],
        [
          "disregard",
          "disregard#English"
        ],
        [
          "resignation",
          "resignation#English"
        ],
        [
          "reject",
          "reject#English"
        ],
        [
          "giving up on",
          "give up on#English"
        ],
        [
          "quitting",
          "quitting#English"
        ],
        [
          "disposing",
          "disposing#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) An expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "kiss goodbye"
        },
        {
          "word": "so much"
        },
        {
          "word": "write off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "allà va"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "也不過如此"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yě bùguò rúcǐ",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "也不过如此"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "se siitä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "tant pis"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "esec tkveni",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "ესეც თქვენი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "esec šeni",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "ესეც შენი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "so viel zum Thema ..."
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "so viel dazu"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "ennyit a(z) …-ról/-ről"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "ennyit arról, hogy …"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "alla faccia di"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "altro che"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jochado",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "조차도"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "hactenus"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "tyle z"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "lá se vai"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "lá se foi"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "já era"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vot tebé i",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "вот тебе́ и"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "pues vaya con"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
          "word": "så mycket för"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-so much for.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/En-au-so_much_for.ogg/En-au-so_much_for.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/En-au-so_much_for.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "so much for"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "so much for",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kiss goodbye"
    },
    {
      "word": "so much"
    },
    {
      "word": "write off"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English non-constituents",
        "English phrases",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "For years, Volkswagen cars were designed to cheat on emissions tests. So much for \"German engineering\"."
        },
        {
          "text": "Well, I guess it'll never work. So much for that idea."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dismissiveness",
          "dismissiveness#English"
        ],
        [
          "disappointment",
          "disappointment#English"
        ],
        [
          "disregard",
          "disregard#English"
        ],
        [
          "resignation",
          "resignation#English"
        ],
        [
          "reject",
          "reject#English"
        ],
        [
          "giving up on",
          "give up on#English"
        ],
        [
          "quitting",
          "quitting#English"
        ],
        [
          "disposing",
          "disposing#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) An expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-so much for.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/En-au-so_much_for.ogg/En-au-so_much_for.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/En-au-so_much_for.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "allà va"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "也不過如此"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yě bùguò rúcǐ",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "也不过如此"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "se siitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "tant pis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "esec tkveni",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "ესეც თქვენი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "esec šeni",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "ესეც შენი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "so viel zum Thema ..."
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "so viel dazu"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "ennyit a(z) …-ról/-ről"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "ennyit arról, hogy …"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "alla faccia di"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "altro che"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jochado",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "조차도"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "hactenus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "tyle z"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "lá se vai"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "lá se foi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "já era"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vot tebé i",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "вот тебе́ и"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "pues vaya con"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an expression of dismissiveness or resignation",
      "word": "så mycket för"
    }
  ],
  "word": "so much for"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.