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Hard Luck may refer to: Hard Luck (2006 film), an American thriller film; Hard Luck (1921 film), an American silent comedy film; Hard Luck, Michigan, a ghost town in Gladwin County, Michigan, U.S. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, a children's novel by Jeff Kinney; Hard Luck, a song by White Reaper, from the album You Deserve Love
The meaning of HARD-LUCK is marked by, relating to, or experiencing bad luck or difficulty. How to use hard-luck in a sentence.
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.
HARD LUCK! definition: 1. used to express sympathy to someone because something slightly bad has happened: 2. used to…. Learn more.
Synonyms for HARD-LUCK: unfortunate, unhappy, luckless, hapless, disastrous, unlucky, unfavorable, tragic; Antonyms of HARD-LUCK: lucky, happy, fortunate, privileged, favored, gifted, favorable, promising
You can say ` hard luck ' to someone to show that you are sorry they have not got or done something that they had wanted to get or do.
Misfortune, adversity, as in He's had a lot of hard luck in his day . This expression is also used in the phrase hard-luck story , a tale of one's misfortune that is related in order to get sympathy (or a donation).
The earliest known use of the word hard luck is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for hard luck is from 1567, in the writing of William Painter, translator and administrator.
hard luck. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hard luck a) British English spoken used to tell someone that you feel sorry for them because they have not succeeded in what they were trying to do ‘I failed my driving test.’ ‘Oh, hard luck!’.
noun. These are words and phrases related to hard luck. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. MISFORTUNE. Synonyms. misfortune. trouble. bad luck. ill fortune. hard times. calamity. adversity. hardship. Antonyms. good luck. good fortune.
