so much

so much (1)  {adj.}

1. A limited amount of; some.

Sometimes students wonder if the teacher knows they have only so much time to do their lessons.

If you can't give everyone a full glass of milk, just put so much milk in each glass.

2. Equally or amounting to; only amounting to. — Often used for emphasis.

Charley spends money as if it were so much paper.

What Mary said was so much nonsense; there wasn't a word of truth in it.

Compare: SO MANY (1).