"out of luck" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-out of luck.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} out of luck, {{en-PP}} out of luck
  1. (idiomatic) Experiencing a temporary misfortune. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: shit out of luck Translations (experiencing a temporary misfortune): 倒霉 (dǎoméi) (Chinese Mandarin), huono tuuri (Finnish), не везёт (ne vezjót) (Russian), не повезло́ (ne povezló) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-out_of_luck-en-prep_phrase-JbEUDZb~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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          "text": "You're out of luck: the train has just left."
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          "roman": "dǎoméi",
          "sense": "experiencing a temporary misfortune",
          "word": "倒霉"
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          "word": "не везёт"
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      "word": "не везёт"
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