Idiom
tough titty
Vulgar
Meaning
Used to acknowledge a listener's misfortune while denying them sympathy.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You lost your ticket? Tough titty, you cannot enter the show.”
“I know you wanted the promotion, but the manager chose someone else, so tough titty.”
“When the investors complained about the sudden policy change, the CEO simply replied that it was tough titty for them.”
Examples
simple
“You lost your ticket? Tough titty, you cannot enter the show.”
contextual
“I know you wanted the promotion, but the manager chose someone else, so tough titty.”
complex
“When the investors complained about the sudden policy change, the CEO simply replied that it was tough titty for them.”
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