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tant mieux

American  
[tahn myœ] / tɑ̃ ˈmjœ /
French.
  1. so much the better.


tant mieux British  
/ tɑ̃ mjø /
  1. so much the better

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The spirited part of France will say, tant mieux, so much the better.

From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Paine, Thomas

President Mounier, though he answered Mirabeau with a tant mieux, and affected to slight the matter, had his own forebodings.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

"Tant pis, and tant mieux" said Clarence, and so they parted.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Edgeworth, Maria

Ay," said Rochfort, "you know he told us there was a tant pis and a tant mieux in every thing—he's not come to the tant pis yet.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Edgeworth, Maria

I hope at all events to hear from you soon, with tidings of the great paper, and if soon after with proof of the present, tant mieux.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund

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