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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Down on his Luck

In ill-luck.

“ `I guess, stranger, you'll find me an ex-president down on his luck.' ” —A. Egmont Hake: Paris Originals (Professors of Languages).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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