be down on (one's) luck

To experience a period of misfortune. Ryan is really down on his luck these days—he just lost his job, and then he got evicted from his apartment!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Joan (2)	joo-AHN (Catalan), zhoo-AHN (Catalan)	Catalan, Occitan
Sinikka	SEE-neek-kah	Finnish
Constanza	kon-STAHN-thah (Spanish), kon-STAHN-sah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Alcmene	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Nevada	nə-VAD-ə	English
Fritz	[frits]