luck runs out
Good fortune ends
Luck runs out when the good fortune someone has been enjoying finally ends, usually with negative consequences.
The phrase implies that luck is a finite resource that can be exhausted: He'd been speeding for years, but his luck finally ran out when he hit a patch of ice.
Often used as a warning that risky behavior will eventually catch up with someone.
- borrowed timeExtension beyond expected limits
- downfallSudden loss of power
- inevitableCertain to occur
- reckoningSettlement of accounts
- clock tickingSound of passing moments
game over · jinxed · cursed · comeuppance · hubris · crash · unravel · collapse · final straw · house of cards · karma
- luckgood fortune, misfortune, fortune smiles, fortune favors, charmed life
- running outexpires, depletes, exhausts, drains, dwindles
fortune trajectory
luck runs outwinning streak
Consecutive successes over time
on a roll · fortune smiles · lucky break · stars align · catching a break
luck, lucks, lucky, luckily, luckless, unlucky, luckier, luckiest, runs