tough cookies



tough cookies

An interjection indicating that one has no sympathy for the situation another person is in or how that person feels about it. Sam: "When you said I'd be getting a car for my birthday, I didn't think it would be some beat-up old van like this!" Dad: "Well, tough cookies! You should be thankful to have a car at all!" A: "Ugh, I feel so horrible this morning." B: "Tough cookies. If you want to drink yourself silly, then that's the price you pay."
See also: cooky, tough

tough cookies

verb
See also: cooky, tough

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Inderpal-Indian (Sikh)
Maayan-Hebrew
Silouanos-Biblical Greek
Tegid-Welsh
Carin-Swedish
Fulvius-Ancient Roman