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This is podcast number 952.

The expression is so much for,

now typically the expression is so much for that idea.

So much for that idea.

Now, you have to say it like that.

You cannot say so much for that idea.

If you said that, it would mean something else.

Seriously, the meaning is different different so much for that idea or so much for that idea wow yeah they really are different the first one means that idea

is very expensive the second one means that idea was not successful.

It was a bad idea. It was an unsuccessful idea. Seriously, listen again.

So much for that idea. Wow. That idea is so expensive. Mm-hmm. So much for that idea. So much for that idea. Oh, well, that idea was a bad idea. It was not successful. It was stupid. Yeah, just changing the intonation can completely change the meaning of the words. And today, again, we're focusing on the second meaning. So much for that idea. I'll give you another example.

For example, I tried making a cake for my wife for her birthday, but it ended up being really horrible.

I burnt it, It just tasted bad.

It just ugly.

So I said, you know, she didn't see it, fortunately.

But I had to say, so much for my cake.

So much for my cake.

My cake was a bad idea.

It's garbage.

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