out of luck

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out of luck

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idiomatic Experiencing a misfortune, especially if lacking recourse. If you had set up automatic backups, you would have been able to recover your files, but as it is, you're out of luck.

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prep_phrase experiencing a temporary misfortune

中文	倒霉 dǎoméi
Français	avoir la poisse
Русский	не везёт ne vezjót, не повезло́ ne povezló

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@misc{out_of_luck_2026,
  title = {out of luck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/out%20of%20luck},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}