tough luck
біда, горе, лихо
горе, беда, несчастье
Pech, Unglück, Ungemach
Bad luckBad luck.
» Tom has had the toughest luck.
Tom hatte ein Riesenpech. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 senses(idiomatic, uncountable)Bad luck.
More definitions
- an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
Examples
1 sentencesTom has had the toughest luck.
deTom hatte ein Riesenpech. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Synonyms
17 synonymsadversityB2misfortuneB2ill luckunluckadversenessbad cessbad luckdisadventurehard luckillfaremisadventuremischancemishapmisluck
Close in meaning
- an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes:misfortunebad luckill luck
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.