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词汇 be down on your luck
释义
Idiom
be down on your luckbe down on (your) luck
to be suffering because a lot of bad things are happening to you, usually things which cause you to have no money.
He plays the manager of a night-club who's down on his luck and resorts to gambling to pay his debts.
idiombe down on your luckPoor to have no money because you have had bad luck for a long time:Money you donate to the charity will help people who are down on their luck.When someone is down on her luck, as Meg obviously is, friends are hard to find.down-on-your-luck: AmE The paper described Moore as a down-on-her-luck ex-model who lied about her use of drugs.

be down on (one's) luck

To experience 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!

be down on your ˈluck

(informal) have no money because of a period of bad luck: He employed a retired soldier who was down on his luck to tidy up the garden.
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