it can't be helped

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47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: nuk mund të bëj diçka me të — it is inevitable
• Arabic: لَا مَفَرّ (lā mafarr) — it is inevitable
• Arabic: لَا أَسْتَطِيع ذٰلِك (lā ʔastaṭīʕ ḏālik) — it is inevitable
• Hakka Chinese: 無法度 /无法度 (mò fap-thu) — it is inevitable
• Chinese: 無法度 /无法度 (zh-min-nan) — it is inevitable
• Chinese: 無辦法 /无办法 (bô pān-hoat) — it is inevitable
• Chinese Mandarin: 沒辦法 /没办法 (méi bànfǎ) — it is inevitable
• Czech: nedá se nic dělat — it is inevitable
• Finnish: sille ei voi mitään — it is inevitable
• French: on n'y peut rien — it is inevitable
• French: on ne peut rien y faire — it is inevitable
• Galician: non hai que facer — it is inevitable
• German: es lässt sich nicht ändern — it is inevitable
• Hebrew: אין מנוס — it is inevitable
• Hungarian: elkerülhetetlen — it is inevitable
• Hungarian: menthetetlen — it is inevitable
• Hungarian: nincs mit tenni — it is inevitable
• Hungarian: nem tehetünk semmit — it is inevitable
• Hungarian: nincs más választás — it is inevitable
• Japanese: 仕方がない (shikata ga nai) — it is inevitable
• Japanese: しょうがない (shō ga nai) — it is inevitable
• Japanese: 如何せん (ikansen) — it is inevitable
• Japanese: やむをえない (yamu wo enai) — it is inevitable
• Kapampangan: makanita tagana — it is inevitable
• Kapampangan: pakanita tagana — it is inevitable
• Kapampangan: pakanian tagana — it is inevitable
• Kapampangan: makanian tagana — it is inevitable
• Kapampangan: alang akarapat — it is inevitable
• Kapampangan: alang agawa — it is inevitable
• Korean: 확증이 없다 (hwakjeung'i eopda) — it is inevitable
• Korean: 별 도리가 없다 (byeol doriga eopda) — it is inevitable
• Korean: 어쩔 수 없다 (eojjeol su eopda) — it is inevitable
• Korean: 할 수 없다 (hal su eopda) — it is inevitable
• Māori: e taea te pēwhea (hoki) — it is inevitable
• Polish: nic się z tym nie da zrobić — it is inevitable
• Portuguese: não há o que fazer — it is inevitable
• Romanian: ce sa-I faci — it is inevitable
• Romanian: n-ai incotro — it is inevitable
• Russian: ничего́ не поде́лаешь (ničevó ne podélaješʹ) — it is inevitable
• Russian: ничего́ не попи́шешь (ničevó ne popíšešʹ) — it is inevitable
• Scottish Gaelic: chan eil cothrom air — it is inevitable
• Spanish: no hay más remedio — it is inevitable
• Swedish: det kan inte hjälpas — it is inevitable
• Turkish: çaresi yok — it is inevitable
• Turkish: başka yolu yok — it is inevitable
• Turkish: yapacak bir şey yok — it is inevitable
• Ukrainian: нічо́го не вді́єш (ničóho ne vdíješ) — it is inevitable