"tough cookies" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-tough cookies.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} tough cookies
  1. (idiomatic, informal) Too bad (for one); the outcome that one desires is not likely to change. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-tough_cookies-en-intj-wylEDxwC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Synonyms: tough luck, hard cheese, shit out of luck, tough bananas, tough shit, tough sledding, tough tarts, tough titties, tough titty, tough toodles, tough tuchus

Noun

Audio: En-au-tough cookies.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} tough cookies
  1. plural of tough cookie Tags: form-of, plural Form of: tough cookie
    Sense id: en-tough_cookies-en-noun--cJmf8kV

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