Hard lines

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Hard lines. (British & Australian, informal)

something that you say in order to express sympathy for someone. 'I failed my driving test again.' 'Hard lines.'

See also: hard, line

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The hard lines in his aunt's face relaxed and a sud- den tenderness dawned in her eyes. Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context --the wounded youth was once more reclining on the heap of pillows, his pale face set rigidly in the hard lines that told of pain resolutely endured. Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context Perhaps some people may think that my mothers uncle Thomas shouldent of wispered at prayer time in church but you must remember that Miss Jemima Parrs father had thretened to set the dog on him and that was hard lines when he was a respektable young man though not rich. The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context More results

References in classic literature

The hard lines in his aunt's face relaxed and a sud- den tenderness dawned in her eyes.

Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context

--the wounded youth was once more reclining on the heap of pillows, his pale face set rigidly in the hard lines that told of pain resolutely endured.

Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context

Perhaps some people may think that my mothers uncle Thomas shouldent of wispered at prayer time in church but you must remember that Miss Jemima Parrs father had thretened to set the dog on him and that was hard lines when he was a respektable young man though not rich.

The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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