Reader question:
What does this headline – So much for Beckham as a voice for MLS (latimes.com, February 12, 2008) – mean?
My comments:
MLS stands for Major League Soccer, the professional soccer league in America. Beckham (David Beckham, otherwise known as the hubby of Posh, one of those Spice Girls. Posh, of course, is also known as the wife of Beckham, all depending on which one of the couple is a bigger name on the occasion) is the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star who is now playing for the Galaxy, a MLS club in Los Angeles. Beckham's move across the seas is seen by many as a great move to advance Posh's singing career, etc, etc, rather than his own – he's going downhill anyway, not so much in bending a free kick but as a player in general. MLS, though, thought Beckham could give the fledgling American league publicity and profile. Yet, you see we're coming to the point, this headline, "So much for Beckham as a voice for MLS" suggests that it is not the case.
Precisely, that headline means this: Beckham is not a voice for MLS, even though people keep saying he is. He's not!
The key expression here is "so much for". Longman Dictionary says the phrase is "used to say that it was not worth using something because it had little effect, it was useless etc: So much for worrying she'd be lonely – she's having a party tonight!"
"So much for something" is often used at an end of an argument, to make an emphatic point. Generally speaking, the expression conveys a message of disappointment, especially over something that's been talked about and held as true for long. In other words, it's like saying "I've had enough" or "stop talking about it," or "that's the end of it."
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