SO MUCH

(1) {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). (2) {pron.} A limited amount; some; a price or amount that is agreed or will be agreed on. * /You can do only so much in a day./ * /Milk costs so much a quart but cream costs so much a pint./ Compare: SO MANY(2). (3) {adv.} By that much; by the amount shown; even. - Used with the comparative and usually followed by "the". * /I can't go tomorrow. So much the better; we'll go today./ * /John isn't coming to the picnic. So much the more for us to eat!/ * /So much the worse for you if you break the rules./ Syn.: ALL THE(2).