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Julia Huong
2022-06-18 01:06
Hard luck/lines British phrase UK informal
Characterized by loss, suffering, adversity, and so on.
Mary gave me a hard-luck story about her divorce.
There are eight children in her family, so they have a hard-luck life.
Used to indicate misfortune, hardship, adversity, etc.
Mr. John had undergone hard lines before success.
The company has fallen on hard luck since it was set up in 2012.
An expression of sympathy for someone who has suffered a minor or minor tragedy or suffering.
I heard that you were fired. Oh, hard lines.
A: I was fined after being caught drink-driving. B: That's hard lines.
Used to express one's feelings when facing a bad situation
1. An unlucky situation
2. An interjection used to express sympathy for someone's bad luck
The phrase indicates something or someone looks or sounds so pitiful and unfortunate that you feel very sorry for them.
To be unlucky or failed
(Of a misfortune or problem) to seem to follow someone wherever they go
Do you see anything wrong?
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.
