hard cheese
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Meaning · English
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
If I loose it well, it's, hard cheese.
I shrug my shoulders, for no matter how mad he gets, he can't duff me in, he's stuck in bed, which is his hard cheese.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review.
Common questions
What does “hard cheese” mean?
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Is “hard cheese” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.