HARD CHEESE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hard cheese mean? 

• HARD CHEESE (noun)
  The noun HARD CHEESE has 1 sense:

1. bad luck

  Familiarity information: HARD CHEESE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARD CHEESE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bad luck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hard cheese" is a kind of...):

bad luck; ill luck; misfortune; tough luck (an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)