down on one's luck

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down upon one's luck

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Unlucky or undergoing a period of bad luck, especially with respect to financial matters.

    习语

    --He is down on his luck. He asked me to ask you to ask somebody named Boylan, a billsticker, to give him a job as a sandwichman.