down on one's luck

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]

See also: down, luck, on

Common Names:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Blerta		BLER-tah	Albanian
GertrŪDa		-	Lithuanian
Norene		nawr-EEN	Irish, English
Fallon		-	English (Modern)
Ireland		IER-lənd	English (Modern)
Berenguer		-	Catalan

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