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
Mariele	-	German
Gebahard	-	Ancient Germanic
Faigel	-	Yiddish
Mechislav	-	Russian (Rare), Medieval Slavic
Karine (2)	-	Norwegian
Gunther	GUWN-ter	German