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
To be satisfied with past achievements and stop trying to achieve something new..
If you rest on your laurels, you will fall behind others.