as much as can do

Meaning

1. as much as sb can do

   used to say that sth is difficult to do

   No dessert for me, thanks. It was as much as I could do to finish the main course.

In the movies · 13

• There's not much I can do.This Is 402012
• Niente. There's not much we can do.Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022
• There's only so much I can do for you, Will.Ambulance2022
• Well, there's not much I can do about it, honey.Ma2019
• but without knowing where the dead drop is, there's only so much I can do to prepare.Tenet2020
• There's much that I can do You see that prisoner over there?Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• I don't know how much longer I can do this.Saw2004
• - That's not much. - No. What can you do with 20 quid?Another Year2010

Learn it in full scenes

• Another Year2010
  • A Woman Asks for Sleeping Pills
  • Janet Rates Her Happiness
  • Mary Confides in Gerri Over Drinks

From the same entry

• as much
• not much in it
• not much of a
• this much
• much as
• even less