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Meanings of ill luck in English
An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes.
Usage of ill luck in English
1
But it is none the less an extraordinary piece of ill luck.
2
As ill luck would have it, the ice floes began driving inshore.
3
It was honestly got, and will bring no ill luck with it.
4
The poor man lost patience and complained bitterly of his ill luck.
5
I never for a moment supposed I should have such ill luck.
6
He that is possessed of wisdom is never agitated at ill luck.
7
There were hails and inquiries, answering cries of good or ill luck.
8
By ill luck he had chosen this very night for his enterprise.
9
By ill luck we travelled through Savoy, and thus met my father.
10
But, as so often happens, ill luck came close on good fortune.
11
Breaking a looking-glass shows that you'll have seven years of ill luck.
12
It's ill luck to name them when they're still on the breast.
13
Pray, do you desert your friends when ill luck falls on them?
14
But there was a stroke of ill luck in store here, too.
15
In the meantime, ill luck seemed to pursue all his friends in Scotland.
16
To open an umbrella in the house is a sign of ill luck.
This collocation consists of:
Translations for ill luck
Portuguese
Spanish
Ill luck through the time
Ill luck across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare