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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.
Ka tata kore te huia i te mata o te whenua, ka tahuri te motu ki te whakaora. Ūā ana, tūreiti e te iwi (HJ 2015:235). / When the huia was almost gone from the face of the earth, the country set about saving it. Nothing could be done, it was too late, people.
Synonyms: e taea te aha, e kore e taea te pēhea, kāore (hoki) e taea te pēhea, tē taea te aha, kāore (hoki) e taea te pēwhea, e taea (hoki) te pēhea, e taea (hoki) te pēwhea
