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Noun: hard cheese
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Bad luck
Interjection: hard cheese
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Used unsympathetically in response to bad luck or hardship, suggesting it's not important or was deserved
    - hard luck [Brit, informal], tough luck [informal]

Derived forms: hard cheeses

Type of: bad luck, ill luck, misfortune, tough luck

Encyclopedia: Hard cheese