out of luck
Having bad fortune, experiencing a misfortune, as in You're out of luck if you want a copy; we just sold the last one. This expression, first recorded in 1867, assumes that good fortune is a finite quantity that one can run out of. However, it generally applies to more temporary circumstances than being down on one's luck.
Words Nearby out of luck
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How to use out of luck in a sentence
Over 1,500 unclaimed or out-of-luck New Yorkers are buried each year in the isolation of a giant graveyard on Hart Island.
America’s Largest Mass Graveyard May Become a Public Park | Nina Strochlic | January 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
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