On 2021-03-22 8:19 p.m., bruce bowser wrote:
> I'm looking at a mystery from the UK (Midsomer murders "The Killings of Copenhagen Pt I). A woman kind of slurred her speech and instead said "tough biscuits (I think). Does the term 'tough biscuits' mean something similar to "go to hell" in American English?
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In this part of the world it would more likely be tough cookies, meaning
you are unsympathetic.