down on luck
Having bad fortune
Experiencing a period of misfortune or hardship, especially financial trouble.
The phrase suggests someone whose circumstances have recently worsened rather than someone permanently disadvantaged: He's been down on his luck since the factory closed.
Often appears as down on one's luck or down on their luck.
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
- tough breakUnfortunate turn of events
- brokeLacking any funds
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- fallen on hard timesSuffering misfortune after prosperity
hard times · desperate · jinxed · cursed · losing streak · setback · rough patch · hit a wall · on the skids · hapless · unfortunate · strapped · scraping by · bad break · ill-fated · troubled · hopeless · destitute
- hardshipshardship, adversity, struggle, misfortune, difficulties
- luckgood fortune, misfortune, fortune smiles, fortune favors, charmed life
- gambling lingoall in, ante up, raise the stakes, go all in, high roller
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- fortunefortune, fate, destiny, jinxed, chance
- lamentslamentation, wailing, keen, keening, lament
down on lucklucky
Favored by chance
fortunate · blessed · on a roll · charmed · riding high
down on luckprosperous
Enjoying wealth and success
thriving · flourishing · on top of the world · sitting pretty · successful
down, luck, downer, downs, downed, downing, lucky, unlucky, luckily