no tener remedio

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Meanings:

1.
SpainLatin Americaneutral
- Literal: to have no remedy or cure; used literally of illnesses, ailments, or problems that cannot be medically or practically fixed.
2.
SpainLatin Americaneutralinformal
- Figurative: to be hopeless or beyond help; to be irreparable or incapable of being corrected.

Examples:

ES: Si me congelase cada vez que una situación parece no tener remedio no habría durado mucho en este empleo.
EN: If I stopped cold every time a situation looked hopeless, I wouldn't have lasted very long in this job.
ES: Sé que parece no tener remedio, pero no siempre estarás para protegerlo.
EN: I know it seems hopeless, but you won't always be around to protect him.

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