not much of anything
Very little; not a lot.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“There is not much of anything in the fridge for dinner.”
“After searching through the old storage boxes, I found not much of anything worth keeping.”
“Despite the long hours spent investigating the abandoned house, the detectives discovered not much of anything that could serve as useful evidence.”
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anything goes
There are no rules or restrictions.
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if anything
Used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied).
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much ado about nothing
A lot of fuss or bother about something trivial.
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much of a muchness
Of two or more things, having little difference of any significance between them.
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protest too much
To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.
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so much for
An expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something.
Last updated August 10, 2026