Fucked by the fickle finger of fate vulgar slang
If someone is fucked by the fickle finger of fate, they have gone through an unlucky situation.
I closed my newly-opened restaurant due to the pandemic. I was fucked by the fickle finger of fate.
To encounter bad luck, or being picked doing something undesirable
If you fall for someone's trick the first time then they are at fault.
Are you going to mess with me again? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.