英语词组down on one's luck是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

down on one's luck

Theme: LUCK

without any money; unlucky. (Euphemistic for broke.)

Can you lend me twenty dollars? I've been down on my luck lately.The gambler had to get a job because he had been down on his luck and didn't earn enough money to live on.

down on (one's) luck

Experiencing a period of misfortune. Ryan is really down on his luck these days—he just lost his job, and then he got evicted from his apartment.

down on one's luck

Afflicted by misfortune, as in They've been down on their luck ever since they moved out West. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]

down on one's luck

Short of cash or credit. A nineteenth-century description of financial embarrassment, usually of a temporary nature, this term implies, with down, that the person so described at one time had more resources. Thus Thackeray wrote, “The Chevalier was. . . . to use his own picturesque expression, ‘down on his luck’” (Pendennis, 1849).

词组	down on one's luck
释义	Idiom down on one's luck Theme: LUCK without any money; unlucky. (Euphemistic for broke.) Can you lend me twenty dollars? I've been down on my luck lately.The gambler had to get a job because he had been down on his luck and didn't earn enough money to live on. down on (one's) luck Experiencing a period of misfortune. Ryan is really down on his luck these days—he just lost his job, and then he got evicted from his apartment. down on one's luck Afflicted by misfortune, as in They've been down on their luck ever since they moved out West. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s] down on one's luck Short of cash or credit. A nineteenth-century description of financial embarrassment, usually of a temporary nature, this term implies, with down, that the person so described at one time had more resources. Thus Thackeray wrote, “The Chevalier was. . . . to use his own picturesque expression, ‘down on his luck’” (Pendennis, 1849).
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