tough beans

The opposite of cool beans. Used to describe something in the sense of difficult. A slang for tough luck.

You didn't get the cut? Tough Beans, man.

by Kriskirby December 11, 2018

tough beans!

Used to comment that something unfortunate cannot be fixed or helped, and usually also that the speaker does not seem to care that this is the case. Basically a colloquial form of “Tough!” as in “Well, that’s too bad!”

Jake: “Ben, I want seven cupcakes like you have. I hate having only six cupcakes!”
Ben:”Well, Jake,tough beans! You know the rules: seven cupcakes for me and only six cupcakes for you! So live with it!”

by JMC70 July 13, 2020