单词 | just his luck |
释义 | > as lemmasjust his luck f. just my luck: (expressing disappointment or pessimism) typical of my bad luck. Also just his luck, just our luck, etc. Cf. knowing my luck at Phrases 2h. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > just my bad or good luck just my luck1831 1831 L. E. Landon Romance & Reality I. xii. 102 If I were to turn undertaker, nobody would die, that I might'n't have the burying of them: it's just my luck always. 1909 J. Galsworthy Strife i. 195 Just our luck, the men finding a fanatical firebrand like Roberts for leader. 1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude viii. 274 The damned radio has to pick out this time to go dead!.. Just my luck! 1938 R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 60 Just my luck to be caught in a thunderstorm. 2002 D. Wittenborn Fierce People (2003) xii. 104 It would be just her luck to get pulled over on the New Jersey Turnpike. < as lemmas |
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