Friday, May 16, 2014

not so much ...

"not so much" is an expression that is used in the following structure:

1) a sentence about something positive

2) a mention of something else, ending in the expression "not so much."
This means that the second thing is very bad.

For example:

 The weather yesterday was nice. Today, not so much.

Here's a paragraph from the news:


A Conference Board of Canada report puts Canada's three oil-rich provinces - Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador - on top of the world in terms of economic performance. The rest of Canada, not so much.