tough cookies

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Noun

tough cookies

1. plural of tough cookie

Interjection

tough cookies

1. (idiomatic, informal) Too bad (for one); the outcome that one desires is not likely to change.

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