Spanish Phrase ni modo fat chance, no way (Mexico) too bad; tough luck; it is what it is (used to express acceptance of a misfortune) Further reading “ni modo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.