Idiom
oh well
Meaning
An expression of mild disappointment or resignation: too bad; it's a pity; what can you do; it is what it is.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The store is closed, so oh well, we will go tomorrow.”
“I missed the last bus home, but oh well, I will just walk instead.”
“He realized his carefully planned vacation was ruined by the storm, yet he sighed and muttered, oh well, before settling in with a book.”
Examples
simple
“The store is closed, so oh well, we will go tomorrow.”
contextual
“I missed the last bus home, but oh well, I will just walk instead.”
complex
“He realized his carefully planned vacation was ruined by the storm, yet he sighed and muttered, oh well, before settling in with a book.”
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