so be it

so be it

See also: sobeit

English

Alternative forms

• sobeit

Pronunciation

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Phrase

so be it

1. (idiomatic) An indication of acceptance, especially of a situation which is not entirely favorable.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 99, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299:

     From storm to storm! So be it, then. Born in throes, 't is fit that man should live in pains and die in pangs! So be it, then! Here's stout stuff for woe to work on. So be it, then.

   • 2009 February 22, “ABC This Week with George Stephanopoulos”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     It doesn't matter which party it is. If the people choose one, a Democrat, then so be it.

Synonyms

• (indication of acceptance): it is what it is, that's life

Translations

indication of acceptance

Chinese: Mandarin: 就這樣吧／就这样吧 (jiù zhèyàng ba) Dutch: het zij zo Esperanto: estu ĝi Estonian: olgu nii Finnish: olkoon menneeksi, olkoon niin French: soit (fr), ainsi soit-il (fr), qu'il en soit ainsi German: so sei es, sei's drum Greek: ας είναι (as eínai) Hebrew: אמן‎ (he) (amén), ניחא‎ (he) (nicha), מילא‎ (méyle) Hungarian: ám legyen Italian: transeat, sia pure, così sia (it) Latin: transeat (la) Navajo: tʼáá ákótʼée doo Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: la gå, da så (no), det får så være Norwegian Nynorsk: la gå, då så, det får så vera Ojibwe: maanoo, maanoon Polish: niech będzie Portuguese: que seja, assim seja Russian: так и бы́ть (ru) (tak i býtʹ) Serbo-Croatian: neka tako bude, u redu, neka (sh) Spanish: así sea Swedish: då så Thai: ทำไปเลยถ้าอยากทำ (tham pai loei tha yak tham) Turkish: öyle olsun Ukrainian: хай так (xaj tak)

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