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out of luck
Idioms and Phrases
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 .Example Sentences
“A warranty? No. No warranty. Not here. Okay. We have one, but it was planted by the FBI. OK I have a warranty for you, but I declassified it in my mind. You’re out of luck,†the vampire Donald would say before grinning and piercing your neck with his hollow money-fangs.
You can't ask a customer, “Stop buying books on Amazon,†with an asterisk: “Except when you need to buy an e-book, in which case, you're out of luck.â€
“If you get an erroneous ruling, you are out of luck.â€
“When I was serving time, I also met people out of luck who told me that if I ever decide to leave Iran, they can help me do that,†Rasoulof says.
White children, too, were often out of luck.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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