oh well

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)An expression ofmilddisappointmentorresignation:too bad; it's apity;what can you do;it is what it is.Synonyms:ah well,alasCoordinate terms:oh no;oh yeah;very well;fair enoughI didn’t know the store closes at five on Thursdays.Oh well,I’ll have to come back tomorrow.Oh well, I guess.1912July,Henry Kitchell Webster, “The Ingredients”, inThe Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume CX, number 1, Boston, Mass.:Ticknor and Fields,[…],→OCLC,page21:It was not until he heard a ring at the bell that he wondered how he should address her. Countess? That would seem like rubbing it in.Oh, well, it was n't really necessary to call people anything, if one used a little management.1922December,Harold Avery, “A Sixth Form Feud. A Public School Story.”, inThe Boy’s Own Paper, volume XLV, part 2, London: "Boy's Own Paper" Office,[…],→OCLC, chapter VII (Waylaid),page125:"Oh well, it can't be helped," returned Teal. "We'll get him yet. By the way, walk down to the lecture with me this afternoon?"1924November, “Physical Diagnosis by Richard C. Cabot, M.D., Professor of Medicine in Harvard University, Formerly Chief of the West Medical Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Eighth Edition, Revised and Enlarged with Six Plates and 279 Figures in the Text. New York, William Wood and Company, MDCCCCXXIII. Price, $5.00.[book review]”, inThe Medical Herald and Physiotherapist: Incorporating The Medical Fortnightly & Laboratory News, St. Louis Clinique, General Practitioner and The Kansas City Medical Index-Lancet, volume XLIII, number11, Kansas City, Mo.: Medical Herald Pub. Co.,→OCLC,page265, column 2:The meager X-ray facts are woefully inadequate and there is nothing upon modern roentgen-cardiography. And this book comes out of Boston where Holmes and George practice the art of roentgenology?Oh, well—Prophets without honor, etc.1931, Edgar Caper, edited byPaul McPharlin,Lincoln and the Pig:[…](Puppet Plays; 2), Detroit, Mich.,→OCLC,page 5:I'll catch a tongue-thrashing, I warrant …Oh well, I guess I'll risk it. I'd feel unhappy all day if I didn't.1938(film premiere),1988(book),Howard Hawks(director), [Hagar Wilde(screenwriter)], “Bringing Up Baby: The Continuity Script”, inGerald Mast, editor,Bringing Up Baby(Rutgers Films in Print;10), New Brunswick, N.J.:Rutgers University Press, published1994,→ISBN,page138:Hello? Hello? Is that zoo? … Well, nobody's talking baby talk. Well, I'm the man that called up about the leopard. You don't have to do anything about it. It's all been a mistake. Yes. Uh …Oh, well, stop them.2017December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury RoadMight Already be the Best Action Movie Ever Made”, inThe A.V. Club‎[1], archived fromthe originalon22 February 2018:He [George Miller] has stories he wants to tell, and if they don’t fit neatly into the mythology, thenoh well.

Examples:

EN: oh well war against the whole world
ES: Ay, en fin... En guerra contra el mundo entero.
EN: Oh .. oh well.
ES: ¡Oh! ¡Oh, no!
EN: my Arthur yes, my Si ... si si oh well, Cleo you splendid man of course my blood is feverish, yes mine too terribly hot today
ES: ¡Arthur mío! Sí, mi Si... Si...
EN: I've heard you make the piano play by just talking to it oh well I'll be glad to but they're they're not tricks.
ES: Me han dicho que el piano suena al oír su voz. Con mucho gusto, pero no es un truco.
EN: Look, so many travelers pass through from far away sometimes ordinary ones, sometimes better ones but the things they know, the things they talk about... oh well.
ES: Oye, pasan tantos viajeros, de tan lejos... Unos son así... a veces alguno mejor... Pero todo lo que saben, y las cosas que cuentan...
EN: Oh ..., oh well tell ...
ES: Ah, pues dile...
EN: Yeah, oh well... Inspector Gunther isn't here right now, this is his assistant.
ES: El inspector Gunther no se encuentra aquí en este momento.
EN: Oh, it's a, oh well, yes, yes.
ES: Ah, es un... Sí, sí, el...
EN: Oh, uh, oh well, never mind.
ES: Pues no importa.
EN: Of course, the violin is more my instrument but, oh well, here we go.
ES: El caso es que mi instrumento es el violín. Bueno, vamos allá.
EN: The Novak case, I guess .. oh well.
ES: El caso Novak, supongo. Bueno...
EN: She's probably with that -- oh well.
ES: Probablemente tenga esto... Bueno.
EN: - Oh well, oh well.
ES: - Bueno, bueno.
EN: If I find oil, I'll be set and if not, oh well, I'll sell it.
ES: Si encuentro petróleo también yo estaré apañado, y si no, paciencia, lo venderé.
EN: Noghai has sued for peace, and Tegana travels to Kublai's court to discuss the armistice plans. Yes... oh well...
ES: Noghai capituló y Tegana viaja a la corte de Kublai para negociar el armisticio.

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