e kore 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.
Ka utua e te kāpene o te tima ruku, "E kore e taea te pēhea he mea whakahau mai ahau kia whakatotohutia ngā tima e rere ana i ngā takiwā rerenga tima ki ngā tāone taha tai o te Ingarihi." (TKO 15/10/1916:8). / The captain of the submarine replied, "There as nothing I could do because I was ordered to sink the ships sailing in the shipping lanes to the coastal towns of England."
Synonyms: e taea te aha, kāore (hoki) 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
