tough luck
That's a shame
Tough luck expresses unsympathetic acknowledgment of someone's misfortune—often dismissive or sarcastic: You missed the deadline? Tough luck.
It can be genuine but resigned: It was tough luck that the rain started just as we arrived.
The phrase suggests that bad fortune simply happens and must be accepted.
- too badExpression of mild regret
- bad beatImprobable losing hand
- hard cheeseAged, firm dairy product
- hang in thereEndure through difficulty
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
trouble · bummer · setback · no dice · grin and bear it · cold comfort · chin up · oh well · c'est la vie · suck it up · deal with it · it is what it is · life goes on · roll with the punches · take it on the chin · shake it off · mishap · shrug
- fortunelucky, fortune, fate, destiny, jinxed
- hardshipshardship, adversity, struggle, misfortune, difficulties
- lucklucky, luckily, lucky day, lucky charm, lucky star
- superstitionblack cat, broken mirror, Friday the 13th, walking under ladder, evil eye
- dismissalsgo away, get out, leave, scram, beat it
- Schadenfreudeserves you right, boo hoo, world's smallest violin, cry me a river, just desserts
tough luckgood fortune
Favorable chance outcomes
good luck · lucky break · stroke of luck · windfall · serendipity
luck, tough, toughness, toughie, toughest, toughened, toughs, toughening, toughly