Meaning
1 senses(slang)Used to indicate lack of sympathy
If you don't like it, tough!
Pech, Pech gehabt
Examples
951 sentencesThat's a tough question to answer.
На це запитання складно відповісти. — User55521
It'll be tough to do that.
Це буде важко зробити. — deniko
Is it going to be tough?
Це буде важко? — deniko
Tom is tough to deal with.
З Томом важко мати справу. — Ahha
Tom had to make a tough decision.
Том має прийняти важке рішення. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
ruТо́му нужно было принять тяжёлое решение. — soweli_Elepanto
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holdiFrom Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”), from *tinganą (“to press upon, throng”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”).
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