A sarcastic way of saying that the proposition was unfortunately not going to be accepted.
Ma Sheila's famous comment when Ian Leslie on ?60 Minutes,told her that 'We', the Australian people in the town in Western Australia near where there was a commune of 'Orange People', did not want the Orange People there. She replied, "What can I say. Tough titties"
The previously current expression that I think she was trying to quote was, "Tough Bikkies".
Her reply largely took over from that.
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an excuse domineering people use to rationalize abusing others.
He said he was only practicing tough love on her, but her intuition said he's really trying to control her when he refuses to let her go out with her friends.
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This phrase was coined by Bill Milliken when he published the book of the same name in 1968 and revised it with Char Meredith in 1971.
It has become widely used and copied with numerous authors writing books of the same title or employing the phrase in their title. It occurs frequently in the news as well.
The phrase refers to the practice of setting boundries for children.
Mom: She is staying out all night and her friends are drinking heavily. I am worried about her.
Dad: You just have to use tough love and ground her until she has time to see how ill advised her choices really are.
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A bullshit excuse to mistreat and severely scar your loved one's
He calls it tough love, but all he's doing is treating her like dirt.
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Tough: Sarcastic version of tough
Cheese: Head honcho, thinks he's all that
To describe or call someone after they brag about something meaningless.
Word to use instead of saying, "that guy thinks he's the shit."
Joe: I just ate the biggest sandwich!
Bob: Oh tough cheese right there...
or
Joe: I just got the best score on this video game!
Bob: Oh tough cheese right there...
or
Joe: I'm going to knock him out!
Bob: Oh tough cheese right there...
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Not my problem, do it yourself.
4pm on Friday afternoon, your co-worker tells you that they need you to re-create a file that they deleted. You reply "Tough Mustache, I'm going home"
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Someone who acts tough, even when it's not necessary.
"My dude Stevie was in jail, and there was this Tough Tony in there acting hard constantly."
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