Idiom
hard cheese
Meaning
An unsympathetic retort to someone suffering misfortune.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You missed the bus? Hard cheese, you will have to walk.”
“I asked for a refund on my non-refundable ticket, but the clerk just said hard cheese.”
“When the investor complained about the sudden loss of his capital, the firm offered only a cold shrug and a dismissive hard cheese.”
Examples
simple
“You missed the bus? Hard cheese, you will have to walk.”
contextual
“I asked for a refund on my non-refundable ticket, but the clerk just said hard cheese.”
complex
“When the investor complained about the sudden loss of his capital, the firm offered only a cold shrug and a dismissive hard cheese.”
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