might as well is a very interesting and useful expression.
We can use
might as
well
(also may
as well) for suggesting
something, often when there is nothing better to do. We
can use them to say what we think is the easiest or most logical
course of action when we cannot see a better alternative or because
there is no good reason not to do it.
They are both fairly informal.
Might as well is more common than may
as well:
You
might as well
get
a taxi from the station. It’ll be quicker than me coming in to get
you.
There’s
nothing to do here, so you might as well go home
Since I
have to wait, I might as well sit down and relax.
Sometimes it implies an unenthusiastic agreement with someone else's proposition, or a less-than-wholehearted proposition of one's own: you will do it although you do not have a strong desire to do it and may even feel slightly unwilling to do it.
Bill:
Should we try to get there for the
first showing of the film?
Jane:
Might
as well.
Nothing else to do.
I can also mean
that something should be done or accepted because it cannot be
avoided:
He's
never going to go away, you know, so we
might as well get
used to it.
It is also used to indicate that a situation is the same as if the
hypothetical thing stated were true:
The
couple might as well have been strangers.
We might
just as well be in prison for all the quality our lives have at
present.
We can say it to that something else could have been done with the
same result
The
meeting was a complete waste of time. I might just as well
have stayed at home.
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