| 词汇 | be down on your luck |
| 释义 | be down on your luckbe down on your luck POORto have no money because you have had a lot of bad luck over a long period of time 〔因不走运而〕穷困潦倒 When someone is down on their luck, friends are very difficult to find. 一个人穷困潦倒的时候很难找到朋友。 Examples from the Corpus be down on your luck• In the film, Williams plays a down-on-his luck salesman whose wife has left him.• We bought the necklace from an old man who was down on his luck and in need of a penny or two.• He was down on his luck and not a happy hedgehog.• All were down on their luck, all had been drinking and all had decided on an easy way out.• Families that were down on their luck could get a small loan, food, a job referral.• Here, parents who are down on their luck can pick out toys for their children.• The program is for motivated people who are temporarily down on their luck. → be down on your luck at luck1(15) |
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