good riddance

English

(idiomatic) Used to indicate that a departure or loss is welcome.
I couldn't be more glad to see the back of them, good riddance I say.

Goodbye and good riddance!

used to indicate that a departure or loss is welcome

Arabic: رَحِيل غَيْر مَأْسُوف عَلَيْهِ‎ m (raḥīl ḡayr maʾsūf ʿalayhi), رَحِيل غَيْر مَأْسُوف عَلَيْهَا‎ f (raḥīl ḡayr maʾsūf ʿalayhā)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bashkir: дүрт яғың ҡибла (dürt yağïñ qibla), дүрт яғы ҡибла (dürt yağï qibla)
Belarusian: абру́сам даро́га (abrúsam daróha), ба́ба з калёс — калёсам лягчэ́й (bába z kaljós — kaljósam ljahčéj)
Catalan: bon vent i barca nova
Chinese:
Mandarin: 終於擺脫了, 终于摆脱了 (zhōngyú bǎituō le)
Dutch: opgeruimd staat netjes (tidied up looks neat), liever kwijt dan rijk (rather lost than rich)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tervemenoa (fi)
French: bon débarras (fr), bon vent (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: gehe mit Gott, aber geh! (go with God, but go!)
Greek: καλά ξεκουμπίδια (kalá xekoumpídia)
Hebrew: ברוך שפטרנו‎ (baruch shepetaranu)
Icelandic: farið hefur fé betra
Irish: bliain mhaith + forms of 'i' + diaidh e.g Bliain mhaith ina dhiaidh! = Good riddance to him!
Italian: a mai più rivederci

Japanese: 厄払い (やくはらい, yakuharai), 厄介払い (やっかいばらい, yakkaibarai)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Polish: baba z wozu, koniom lżej (pl) (just get rid of the woman, and your cart will go faster), krzyż na drogę (cross on the road), droga wolna (free road)
Portuguese: já vai tarde
Romanian: adio și n-am cuvinte, du-te!, ducă-se!, drum bun!
Russian: ска́тертью доро́га (ru) (skátertʹju doróga) (let the road be like a table-cloth), ба́ба с во́зу — кобы́ле ле́гче (bába s vózu — kobýle léxče) (when a woman leaves the cart, the mare feels easier)
Sardinian: ithe lastima!
Scottish Gaelic: siubhal a' chlamhain
Serbo-Croatian: zbogom i ne vraćaj se!, збогом и не враћај се!
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: ¡ya era hora!, a enemigo que huye, puente de plata
Swedish: lycklig resa! bli kvitt (något eller någon)
Thai: ไป ๆ ซะได้ก็ดี
Ukrainian: скатерти́ною доро́га (skatertýnoju doróha), ска́тертю доро́га (skátertju doróha), ба́ба з во́за — коня́м ле́гше (bába z vóza — konjám léhše)
Vietnamese: đỡ nợ, rảnh nợ (vi)
Welsh: gwynt teg ar ei ôl (cy) (a fair wind after him)
West Frisian: leaver kwyt as ryk (rather lost than rich)
Yiddish: ברוך שפּטרני‎ (borekh shepotrani)

“Good riddance” in Gary Martin, The Phrase Finder, 1997–, retrieved 26 February 2017.

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