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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Horatius-Ancient Roman
Jacobusyah-KO-bus (Dutch)Dutch, Late Roman
Hilliard['jiljəd]
SharynSHER-ən, SHAR-ənEnglish
Ashok-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
Emmanouel-Biblical Greek