out of luck

English

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Prepositional phrase

out of luck

1. (idiomatic) Experiencing a temporary misfortune.

   You're out of luck: the train has just left.

Derived terms

• shit out of luck

Translations

experiencing a temporary misfortune

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倒霉 (dǎoméi)

• Finnish: huono tuuri
• Russian: не везёт (ne vezjót), не повезло́ (ne povezló)