{adj.} 1. A limited amount of; some. * /Sometimes students wonder if the teacher knows they have only so much time to do their lessons./ * /If you can't give everyone a full glass of milk, just put so much milk in each glass./ 2. Equally or amounting to; only amounting to. - Often used for emphasis. * /Charley spends money as if it were so much paper./ * /What Mary said was so much nonsense; there wasn't a word of truth in it./ Compare: SO MANY(1).
SO MUCH
Meaning of SO MUCH in English
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012