be down on luck

be down on your luck

to be suffering because a lot of bad things are happening to you, usually things which cause you to have no money He plays the manager of a night-club who's down on his luck and resorts to gambling to pay his debts.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chifundo	chee-FUWN-do	Southern African, Chewa
Joan	['dʒəun]
Zhannochka	-	Russian
Gerald	JER-əld (English), GE-rahlt (German)	English, German
Haniyah	-	Arabic
Melania	me-LAHN-yah (Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Polish, Late Roman