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Faunamorphs & Floramorphs

A Lexicon Drawn from the Natural World

Tough beans!

Home The Lexicon Tough beans!

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Phrase or Word

Tough beans!

Definition

Expression meaning “tough luck.”

Language

English

Type

Floramorph

Subcategory

Vegetables, Grains, Legumes, Tubers, and Other Edibles

Grammatical Subcategory

Sayings/Similes/Aphorisms/Proverbs

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