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
Dulce	DOOL-the (Spanish), DOOL-se (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Abdur-Rashid	-	Arabic
Alicia	a-LEE-thya (Spanish), a-LEE-sya (Latin American Spanish), ə-LIS-yə (English), ə-LIS-ee-ə (English), ə-LISH-ə (English), ə-LEE-shə (English)	Spanish, English
Sarita (2)	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Rabab	-	Arabic
Noor (1)	NOOR (Arabic)	Arabic, Urdu