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tough break en · INTJ

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) An interjection of mild or insincere sympathy for someone else's misfortune.
    • Tough break, Linda. 1966, Charles Dizenzo, A Great Career, Dramatists Play Service, page 16:
    • My reaction? Tough break, chump. 1990, Rickley S. Christian, Alive 2, Campus Life Books, page 120

Synonyms

hard lines · tough luck · tough toodles · tough tuchus · tough shit · tough cookies · hard luck · bad luck · tough titty · hard cheese · tough titties

tough break en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, uncountable) A situation resulting in misfortune or hardship; an instance of bad luck.
    • So I close by saying that I might have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for. 1998, Cal Ripken, Mike Bryan, The Only Way I Know, Penguin Publishing Group, page 389:
    • When you pulled that job in Westchester two years ago, I'll admit you got a tough break. 2014, Frederick Nebel, Will Murray, Tough as Nails, Head of Zeus, page 30: