English
Alternative forms
- for better, for worse; for better or for worse
Adverb
for better or worse (not comparable)
- No matter what the future may hold.
- For better or worse, he’s the president.
Translations
No matter what the future may hold
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 無論如何 (zh), 无论如何 (zh) (wúlùnrúhé), 不論好壞, 不论好坏 (bùlùnhǎohuài)
- Finnish: syteen tai saveen, niin tai näin, oli miten oli, kävi miten kävi
- French: pour le meilleur et pour le pire
- German: auf Gedeih und Verderb (de)
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- Japanese: 善かれ悪しかれ (よかれあしかれ, yokare ashikare)
- Polish: na dobre i na złe (pl)
- Russian: к лу́чшему и́ли ху́дшему (k lúčšemu íli xúdšemu), (what the ****) была́ не была́ (ru) (bylá ne bylá)
- Spanish: a las duras y a las maduras (colloquial), en las buenas y en las malas (colloquial), en la fortuna y en la adversidad (formal, religious)
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