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tough beans

tough beans interjection: tough luck; too bad (often an unsympathetic retort to someone who is suffering a misfortune).

Interjection

  1. (idiomatic, slang) Tough luck; too bad (often an unsympathetic retort to someone who is suffering a misfortune).

Questions about tough beans

What does tough beans mean?
Tough beans means tough luck; too bad (often an unsympathetic retort to someone who is suffering a misfortune).
What part of speech is tough beans?
Tough beans is an interjection.

Words near tough beans in the dictionary

  1. tough as nails
  2. tough as old boots
  3. tough as teak
  4. tough ask
  5. tough bananas
  6. tough beans
  7. tough break
  8. tough call
  9. tough calls
  10. tough case
  11. tough cases

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