ill luck
Noun
Meaning
an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
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ill-luck
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Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.
When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles, but in showers.
It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.
He that dares not venture must not complain of ill luck.
If ill luck were cheese, dairy-women would go wanting work.
Ill luck comes by pounds and goes away by ounces.