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
Linus	LIE-nəs (English), LEE-nuws (German, Swedish)	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized), German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Wilbur	WIL-bər	English
Pantaleone	pahn-tah-le-ON-e	Italian
Augustin	o-goos-TEN (French)	French, Czech, Romanian, Croatian, German
Lyosha	-	Russian
Lei (2)	-	Chinese