| 释义 |
hard cheese noun bad luck. Often said in commiseration UK, 1876
idiomhard cheese BrEBrEold-fashioned said when you are sorry for someone because they have had bad luck:"I failed the exam." "Oh, hard cheese."
hard cheeseA phrase used when one is unsympathetic to someone who has suffered a hardship. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. If you slept through your alarm because you stayed up half the night, hard cheese! hard cheese used to express sympathy over a petty matter. British informalhard ˈcheese (British English, informal) used as a way of saying that you are sorry about something, usually in an ironic way (= you really mean the opposite): I’ve made my decision — I’m going to the sell the car, and if he doesn’t agree with that then it’s hard cheese. |