"tough luck" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-tough luck.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} tough luck
  1. (idiomatic) Bad luck (often an unsympathetic retort to someone suffering misfortune) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-tough_luck-en-intj-Wt7BOMKz

Noun

Audio: En-au-tough luck.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tough luck (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic) Bad luck. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tough_luck-en-noun-9Z5zJUnD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57

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