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tough luck
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Princeton's WordNet
misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill lucknoun
an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
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tough lucknoun
Bad luck.
tough luckinterjection
Bad luck.
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tough luck
"Tough luck" is a phrase used to express lack of sympathy towards someone's unfortunate situation or when something does not happen as expected or desired. Often used in a somewhat sarcastic or dismissive manner, it implies that the person must accept the situation, as nothing can be done to change it.
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Tough Luck
Hex's niece, Charmcaster, enters the underground prison he's held at to release him out of his cell. With her help, Hex was able to regain most of his powers after being given his magical staff. Meanwhile, Ben, Gwen, and Grandpa Max head to a magic convention held in Las Vegas, and in there, Gwen finds the legendary Keystone of Bazell. With it, she gains the powers of Lucky Girl once again, but will it last after finding out that Hex and his niece are after it?
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tough luck in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tough luck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of tough luck in a Sentence
At one club I was at we had to wait for the pros to eat and we got what was left and if there was nothing then it was tough luck, the facilities are not always clean, the toilets are filthy.
If he came and said, ‘I’m gonna put the best jurist on the court' and he looked at a number of people and he ended up nominating a Black woman, he could credibly say, ‘OK, I’m nominating the person who’s most qualified,' he’s not even pretending to say that. He’s saying ‘If you’re a White guy, tough luck. If you’re a White woman, tough luck. You don’t qualify.'.
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