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“最具社会责任教育家”开除患癌教师,要多讽刺就有多讽刺

Does '要多讽刺就有多讽刺' here mean 'you have to be as ironic as you need to be' (which i think quite weird here, but i'm not sure) or does it mean 'it's very ironic'?

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  • 要多+adjective+(就)有多 the most +adjective+ imaginable (you could imagine) e.g.要多荒唐有多荒唐 jukuu: looking as foolish as he could do:显得要多蠢就有多蠢。Abraham Lincoln: Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. 一个人打算要有多快乐,他就有多快乐
    – user6065
    Aug 16, 2017 at 3:02

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It means "as ironic as you could imagine". It implies to the largest extent (as you could possibly imagine) .

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  • Is phrase structure '要多__就有多__' often used?
    – Fai91
    Aug 16, 2017 at 2:44
  • Yeah, that's the case I gather. I could get more of these off the top of my head: 要多 久 就有多 久, 要多 长 就有多 长, 要多 漂亮 就有多 漂亮。 It seems it works for all kinds of descriptive words, like 好,坏,美, 年轻,老,痛, ..... ....
    – dan
    Aug 16, 2017 at 3:01
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It's much more ironical that the most social responsible educator dismiss the cancerous teacher.

你要多少有多少
Literally: How many you want, so many there are.
You can get as more as you want.

宇宙要多大有多大
Literally: How large is the universe you can imagine, so large it would be.
The universe is as large as can imagine.

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