for better or worse

English

Alternative forms

for better, for worse; for better or for worse

Prepositional phrase

for better or worse

No matter what the future may hold (no matter whether it is good or bad).
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 (fi), oli miten oli, kävi miten kävi
French: pour le meilleur et pour le pire, pour le meilleur comme pour le pire
German: auf Gedeih und Verderb (de)
Greek: καλώς ή κακώς (kalós í kakós)

Italian: nel bene e nel male
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 hell) была́ не была́ (ru) (bylá ne bylá), как бы то ни́ было (ru) (kak by to ní bylo)
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)

See also

sooner or later

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