hard luck

Meaning

1. Editorial75% of films

   misfortune or bad luck someone has had, including a pitiful personal history (as a noun or modifier), rather than words said to comfort them

   Shut up, okay? Please. I don't need to hear your hard-luck backstory right now.

   We're not commercializing on the old man's hard luck. No chance.

2. Oxford25% of films

   used to express sympathy for sb

   Hard luck. -You know about it?

In the movies · 4

• - You got to cut the hard lines. - What?Transformers2007
• (AIR WHOOSHING)Ralph Breaks the Internet2018
• We're not commercializing on the old man's hard luck. No chance.White Christmas1954
• Hard luck. Better luck next time.Rush2013
• Shut up, okay? Please. I don't need to hear your hard-luck backstory right now.We're the Millers2013
• Just my hard luck it couldn't be a woman.Monkey Business1931
• You know, broken women who want to feel better about their pitiful lives by reading hard luck stories of heartbreak and betrayal spewed across the glossy pages of 25 cent pulp sludge.Predestination2014
• Hard luck. -You know about it?Red River1948

Learn it in full scenes

• Ralph Breaks the Internet2018
  • Riddles on the Rooftop
  • The Arcade Gets Wi-Fi
  • Ralph Breaks Sugar Rush
• We're the Millers2013
  • David Runs Into Little Ricky
  • David Fights for Casey
  • Brad Offers David a Job

From the same entry

• any luck
• as luck would have it
• be down on your luck
• the best of luck
• better luck next time
• for luck
• good luck to
• just my luck
• your luck is in
• the luck of the draw
• no such luck
• hard cheese