down on one's luck

Afflicted by misfortune, as in They've been down on their luck ever since they moved out West. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hugo	['hju:gəu]
Theron	-	Ancient Greek
Sylvia	SIL-vee-ə (English), SUYL-vee-ah (Finnish)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German
Lusine	-	Armenian
Eliyahu	e-lee-YAH-hoo	Hebrew
Julianna	yuw-lee-AHN-nah (Polish), joo-lee-AHN-ə (English)	Hungarian, Polish, English