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Definition:

(English) so much the worse
(French) Too bad, never mind

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“I’m not to blame in any way,” he thought. “If she will punish herself, tant pis pour elle. But as he was going he fancied that she said something, and his heart suddenly ached with pity for her.

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (1878)

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“[...] I have suffered a martyrdom from their incompetency and caprice. I thank Heaven I have now done with them!”

Mrs. Dent here bent over to the pious lady and whispered something in her ear; I suppose, from the answer elicited, it was a reminder that one of the anathematised race was present.

“Tant pis!” said her Ladyship, “I hope it may do her good!”

Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)

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"[...] Are you married."

"Yes."

She shrugged. "Tant pis. [...]"

Irwin Shaw. The Top of the Hill, p.54 (1979)