so much for
An expression of dismissiveness, disappointment, disregard, or resignation; something said upon rejecting, giving up on, quitting, or disposing of something.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“So much for our plans to go to the beach today.”
“The car broke down on the highway, so much for our weekend road trip.”
“After the final negotiations collapsed, the diplomat sighed, realizing that so much for the long-awaited peace treaty had been nothing more than wishful thinking.”
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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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not much of anything
Very little; not a lot.
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protest too much
To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.
Last updated August 10, 2026