hard cheese: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    generalneutral
    • A variety of cheese that is firm in texture because its curds have been extensively pressed or comminuted, with most whey removed and matured for a longer period.

    Examples

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    • The cheese platter included several varieties, but the hard cheese like aged cheddar was my favorite.

      La tabla de quesos incluía varias variedades, pero el queso duro como el cheddar envejecido era mi favorito.

    • You can tell a hard cheese by its firm texture and crumbly consistency when sliced thinly.

      Puedes reconocer un queso duro por su textura firme y consistencia desmenuzable cuando se corta en rebanadas finas.

    • After months of aging in the cellar, the hard cheese developed a rich, sharp flavor that everyone loved.

      Después de meses de maduración en la bodega, el queso duro desarrolló un sabor rico y fuerte que a todos les encantó.

    • The recipe called specifically for hard cheese, such as Parmesan, to sprinkle over the pasta.

      La receta pedía específicamente queso duro, como el parmesano, para espolvorear sobre la pasta.

  • 2.

    UKIrelandAustraliainformalcolloquial
    • An expression conveying that an outcome is unfortunate for someone but unavoidable; 'tough luck.'

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    • I missed the bus by just a minute—hard cheese, I guess I'll have to wait for the next one.

      Perdí el autobús por solo un minuto—qué mala suerte, supongo que tendré que esperar al siguiente.

    • She wanted to go to the concert, but it was sold out. Well, hard cheese for her this time.

      Ella quería ir al concierto, pero estaba agotado. Bueno, mala suerte para ella esta vez.

    • If you didn't study enough and failed the exam, hard cheese; next time, prepare better.

      Si no estudiaste lo suficiente y fallaste el examen, mala suerte; la próxima vez prepárate mejor.

Examples:

  • EN: Cold tea, stale bread, hard cheese.
    ES: Té frío, pan duro, queso duro.
  • EN: Hard cheese, m'boy, hard cheese.
    ES: No has tenido suerte, hijo.
  • EN: I think it's hard cheese on Tony.
    ES: Creo que es una trastada para Tony.
  • EN: Well, I say hard cheese.
    ES: Pues mala suerte.
  • EN: I can't go. As we used to say in my hometown, "That's just hard cheese. "
    ES: Como decíamos en mi pueblo:
  • EN: Look at this stupid hard cheese.
    ES: Mira a ese estúpido.
  • EN: Ifit was a relegation, hard cheese.
    ES: Si te han relegado, mala suerte.
  • EN: Well, hard cheese, because you are now rather poor and you owe me a kiss.
    ES: Bueno, mala suerte, porque ahora eres bastante pobre y me debes un beso.
  • EN: Well, this is hard cheese.
    ES: Bien, este es queso duro.
  • EN: Here we go. Bring me the hard cheese, okay.
    ES: Aqui vamos,traime el gran queso ¿de acuerdo?
  • EN: I carved a gun out of hard cheese And -- and then I coated it in a dark-colored rind.
    ES: Tallé un arma de fuego de queso duro y... y luego la recubrí de color oscuro.
  • EN: It was a hard cheese.
    ES: Era un queso duro.
  • EN: I'm sorry, Sabine, but we have a gay man moving in, so although it may seem xenophobic, it's not, because we have someone even well, not weirder, but more different, so, hard cheese.
    ES: Lo siento, Sabine, pero un hombre gay va a mudarse, así que aunque parezca xenófobo no lo es porque tenemos a alguien incluso más, bueno, no más raro sino más diferente, así que un hueso duro de roer.
  • EN: Amateur hour. I've got cookie dough to put on cookies and soft cheese to spread on hard cheese.
    ES: Tengo la pasta de galletas para poner en las galletas y el queso suave para untar en el queso duro.
  • EN: That's hard cheese, Barry.
    ES: Vaya faena, Barry.
  • EN: Cold tea, stale bread, hard cheese.
    ES: Té frío, pan duro, queso duro.

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