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Slang: Hard Cheese

Hard Cheese means bad luck, misfortune. The origin comes from an association with aged cheese that has hardened, dried out, and become unfit for consumption.

Hard Cheese

Bad luck, misfortune.

Origin

By association with aged cheese that has hardened, dried out, and become unfit for consumption.

Examples

Jem. His wages was too low. Don't you think a pound a month, and find one's self is hard cheese?

It's hard cheese for the unskilled worker these days.

Definitions from the English-Bulgarian Dictionary:

Hard [ha:d] – hard, tough, hardened.

Cheese [tJi:z] – cheese.

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