luck of the draw

Anyone who tries to draw attention to threats instead of quietly burying them is worsening the problem.

Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

G was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; H was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.

It was one of those long moments that makes a fellow draw his breath sharp when he thinks about it afterward.

I wouldn't go on if I were you, sir; the luck's dead against you to-night; I wouldn't go on, indeed I wouldn't.

Then my luck changed and I found myself under one of the very greatest teachers of his time, Professor Huxley.