"thanks for nothing" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-thanks for nothing.ogg
Head templates: {{en-interj}} thanks for nothing
  1. (idiomatic, ironic) Expression of displeasure towards a person who has not provided what was wanted. Tags: idiomatic, ironic Related terms: thank you Translations (unhappy for actual unhelpfulness): 多謝嗮喎 (Chinese Cantonese), 多谢嗮㖞 (do¹ ze⁶ saai³ wo³) (Chinese Cantonese), 多得你唔少 (do¹ dak¹...m⁴ siu²) (Chinese Cantonese), kiitos tyhjästä (Finnish), danke für nichts (German), takk fyrir ekkert (Icelandic), фа́ла за ни́што (fála za níšto) (Macedonian), takk for ingenting (Norwegian), bez łaski (Polish), łaski bez (Polish), obrigado por nada [masculine] (Portuguese), obrigada por nada [feminine] (Portuguese), gracias por nada (Spanish), tack för inget (Swedish)
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          "sense": "unhappy for actual unhelpfulness",
          "word": "多謝嗮喎"
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          "sense": "unhappy for actual unhelpfulness",
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          "sense": "unhappy for actual unhelpfulness",
          "word": "фа́ла за ни́што"
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          "sense": "unhappy for actual unhelpfulness",
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          "sense": "unhappy for actual unhelpfulness",
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          "sense": "unhappy for actual unhelpfulness",
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          "sense": "unhappy for actual unhelpfulness",
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      "sense": "unhappy for actual unhelpfulness",
      "word": "bez łaski"
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      "sense": "unhappy for actual unhelpfulness",
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      "sense": "unhappy for actual unhelpfulness",
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