too bad, so sad en · X
Meanings
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(sarcastic) An expression of mock sympathy.
They just say 'too bad, so sad, bye bye.' And it is too bad, cause maybe they weren't being jerks or we could solve the problem easily.
1999, Richard Alan Goodman, Modern organizations and emerging conundrums, page 172:Parents will have to be told what they need and then informed that, too bad, so sad, the needed service will not be developed until their child is too old for it anyway.
1971, Reginald Lanier Jones, Problems and issues in the education of exceptional children, page 69:In short, too bad. So sad. we've got your money, and you've been had.
1985, Byte, page 349:
Translations (7)
es qué pena me das (expression of mocking sympathy) · fi no voi kyynel (expression of mocking sympathy) · nl helaas pindakaas (expression of mocking sympathy) · de schade Marmelade (expression of mocking sympathy) · nl jammer de bammer (expression of mocking sympathy) · de schade Schokolade (expression of mocking sympathy) · fr quel dommage, cher fromage (expression of mocking sympathy)