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
Ton-Dutch
Dor-Hebrew
Kavitha-Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Cirinochee-REE-no (Italian), thee-REE-no (Spanish), see-REE-no (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish
Indrani-Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Hindi
SableSAY-bəlEnglish (Modern)