hard luck

  • 1hard-luck — UK US adjective used for describing a person or group that has had a lot of trouble and bad luck in their lives Thesaurus: bad luck and relating to bad lucksynonym luck and luckinesshyponym Phrase: hard luck story * * * /ˈhɑɚdˌlʌk/ adj, always… …

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  • 2hard-luck — adjective used for describing a person or group who has had a lot of trouble and bad luck in their lives hard luck story a description of bad things that have happened to you that you tell to someone to make them feel sorry for you …

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  • 3hard luck — ► hard luck (or lines) Brit. informal used to express sympathy or commiserations. Main Entry: ↑hard …

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  • 4hard luck — 1) N UNCOUNT If you say that someone had some hard luck, or that a situation was hard luck on them, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault. [INFORMAL] We had a bit of hard luck this season …

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  • 5Hard Luck — For the silent film, see Hard Luck (1921 film) Infobox Film name= Hard Luck caption= DVD cover imdb id=0489070 writer= Larry Brand Mario Van Peebles starring= Wesley Snipes Cybill Shepherd director= Mario Van Peebles producer= Brad Wyman Mario… …

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  • 6hard-luck — adjective Date: 1899 marked by, relating to, or experiencing bad luck or difficulty < another loss for the team s hard luck pitcher > < hard luck stories > …

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  • 7hard-luck — UK / US adjective used for describing a person or group that has had a lot of trouble and bad luck in their lives • hard luck story …

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  • 8hard-luck — adj. Hard luck is used with these nouns: ↑story …

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  • 9Hard Luck Woman — Single par Kiss extrait de l’album Rock and Roll Over Face A Hard Luck Woman Face B Mr. Speed Sortie Décembre 1976 Durée 3:29 …

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  • 10hard-luck story — noun A person s (esp false or exaggerated) account of his or her own bad luck and suffering, usu intended to gain sympathy • • • Main Entry: ↑hard * * * ˌhard ˈluck story f11 [hard luck story] noun a story about yourself that you tell sb in order …

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