Idiom
tough cookies
Meaning
Too bad (for one); the outcome that one desires is not likely to change.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If you do not like the new rules, tough cookies.”
“I know you wanted a refund, but the store policy is final, so tough cookies.”
“The committee rejected his appeal for an extension, essentially telling him that he had missed the deadline and it was tough cookies.”
Examples
simple
“If you do not like the new rules, tough cookies.”
contextual
“I know you wanted a refund, but the store policy is final, so tough cookies.”
complex
“The committee rejected his appeal for an extension, essentially telling him that he had missed the deadline and it was tough cookies.”
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