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down on one's luck



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Idioms and Phrases

Afflicted by misfortune, as in They've been down on their luck ever since they moved out West . [ Colloquial ; second half of 1800s]
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Example Sentences

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To be down on oneā€™s luck already exacts a heavy price in security, social standing and peace of mind; regarding him as your equal in simple dignity and humanity is your best chance not to add another emotional cost to his bill.

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Of course, this movieā€™s version of being down on oneā€™s luck is a little different than in the rest of the world.

Luckā€²y-bag, a receptacle for lost property on board a man-of-war.ā€”Be down on one's luck, to be unfortunate.

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I'll bet there's any amount of men bless themā€”as I didā€”when down on one's luck.

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"Everybody gets blue spellsā€”when one is down on one's luck."

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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