no such luck
idiom
informal
—used to say that one could not do or have something one wanted
We hoped we could still get tickets, but no such luck—they had all been sold.
Examples of no such luck in a Sentence
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But no such luck with what should be considered a different sort of plague, bad leadership.
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Barbara Kellerman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
But there will be no such luck again this weekend, as two systems work together to bring soggy and dreary conditions to the Northeast and parts of the mid-Atlantic.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
But no such luck: Jones’ good friend, Corporal Daniel Greer, woke him, requesting Jones’ help investigating a storage unit.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
The other hosts — whose shows were owned by media companies — had no such luck.
—John Koblin, New York Times, 2 May 2023
While the planets were all in direct motion for a bit in April, there is no such luck for May.
—Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 30 Apr. 2023
Barbara Kellerman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
But there will be no such luck again this weekend, as two systems work together to bring soggy and dreary conditions to the Northeast and parts of the mid-Atlantic.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
But no such luck: Jones’ good friend, Corporal Daniel Greer, woke him, requesting Jones’ help investigating a storage unit.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
The other hosts — whose shows were owned by media companies — had no such luck.
—John Koblin, New York Times, 2 May 2023
While the planets were all in direct motion for a bit in April, there is no such luck for May.
—Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 30 Apr. 2023
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