too bad

English

Etymology

Shortening of "That is too bad" or "It is too bad that..."

Pronunciation

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Phrase

too bad

1. (idiomatic) That's a pity; that's unfortunate.

   You can't come to the party? Too bad.

2. (idiomatic) It is unfortunate that.

   Too bad you can't come to the party.

Usage notes

• Too bad is used to express sympathy at another's misfortune, or, with an ironic tone, to express pleasure with or disinterest in another's misfortune.

Synonyms

• pity, shame, alas, that's a pity, that's a shame, that's too bad, what a pity, what a shame

Derived terms

• too bad, so sad

Translations

that's a pity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: wat jammer
• Finnish: ikävää, harmillista
• French: tant pis (fr), dommage (fr)
• Galician: que mágoa
• German: schade (de)
• Hungarian: kár (hu)
• Irish: is mór an trua
• Italian: peccato (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can

• Low German:

  German Low German: schaad (nds)

• Macedonian: штета (šteta)
• Malay: kasihannya!
• Polish: jaka szkoda
• Portuguese: que pena
• Russian: как жа́лко (kak žálko), жаль (ru) (žalʹ)
• Serbian: штета
• Spanish: que lástima, ni modo (familiar, Mexico)
• Thai: น่าเสียดาย (nâa-sǐia-daai), น่าสงสาร (nâa-sǒng-sǎan)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: hen dro, bechod

it is unfortunate that

• French: dommage que