tough luck

1 British EnglishBrE spokenSYMPATHIZE used to express sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to someone 真不幸〔用于表示同情〕 → tough luck at tough1(7)

Examples from the Corpus

bad/hard/tough luck• Unfortunately, the gents had bad luck.• I kept looking into the mirror and hating my bad luck, but there they were.• He felt that this little piece of bad luck might affect his whole day.• Can't have that, can we, not on top of all your other hard luck.• There were lots of near misses: some great saves from both keepers, and sheer bad luck.• You go up there with the wrong attitude and come out with worse luck than you had before.

→ bad/hard/tough luck at luck1(18)

2 spoken

a) DON'T CAREused when you do not have any sympathy for someone’s problems 活该倒霉！

Well, that’s just their tough luck! It was their mistake.

好啊，活该他们倒霉！那是他们自己的错。

b) British EnglishBrESYMPATHIZE used when you feel sympathy about something bad that has happened to someone 真倒霉！〔表示同情〕

You didn’t get the job? Oh, tough luck!

你没有得到那份工作？噢，真不走运！

→ tough luck! at tough1(2)

单词	tough luck
释义	tough luck tough luck 1 British EnglishBrE spokenSYMPATHIZE used to express sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to someone 真不幸〔用于表示同情〕 → tough luck at tough1(7) Examples from the Corpus bad/hard/tough luck• Unfortunately, the gents had bad luck.• I kept looking into the mirror and hating my bad luck, but there they were.• He felt that this little piece of bad luck might affect his whole day.• Can't have that, can we, not on top of all your other hard luck.• There were lots of near misses: some great saves from both keepers, and sheer bad luck.• You go up there with the wrong attitude and come out with worse luck than you had before. → bad/hard/tough luck at luck1(18) 2 spoken a) DON'T CAREused when you do not have any sympathy for someone’s problems 活该倒霉！ Well, that’s just their tough luck! It was their mistake. 好啊，活该他们倒霉！那是他们自己的错。 b) British EnglishBrESYMPATHIZE used when you feel sympathy about something bad that has happened to someone 真倒霉！〔表示同情〕 You didn’t get the job? Oh, tough luck! 你没有得到那份工作？噢，真不走运！ → tough luck! at tough1(2)
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