be down on (one's) luck



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!
See also: down, luck, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
RaRAHEgyptian Mythology
Carolakah-RO-lah (German)Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish
Filippu-Old Church Slavic
Pradip-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
Cyriaca-Late Roman
Anubisə-NOO-bis (English)Egyptian Mythology (Latinized)