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kāore (hoki) e taea te pēhea

1. nothing could be done, nothing can be done, nothing can be done about it - an idiom to say that a problem is insurmountable, unavoidable or can't be rectified.

Kāore hoki e taea te pēhea, i te kaha o te mamae o tōna ngākau mō tona tamāhine tūturu. / Nothing could be done because of her extreme grief for her own daughter.

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Synonyms: e taea te aha, e kore e taea te pēhea, ūā ana, tē taea te aha, kāore (hoki) e taea te pēwhea, e taea (hoki) te pēhea, e taea (hoki) te pēwhea

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