Or if a person has a lot of bad luck you might say, “He’s been ________.”
| UP AGAINST IT | 206 |
| JINXED | 118 |
| DOWN ON HIS LUCK | 64 |
| UNLUCKY | 62 |
| UNFORTUNATE | 30 |
| DOWN AND OUT | 29 |
| THROUGH THE MILL | 21 |
| UP AGAINST A WALL | 16 |
| PUT THROUGH IT | 13 |
| HIT HARD | 11 |
| OUT OF LUCK | 11 |
| HARD HIT | 10 |
| HEXED | 10 |
| HAVING IT ROUGH | 9 |
| HAVING A HARD TIME | 8 |
| HE’S HAD IT | 7 |
| SNAKE-BIT | 6 |
| DOWN IN HIS LUCK | 5 |
| DOWN IN THE DUMPS | 5 |
| HAVING HARD LUCK | 5 |
| HOODOOED | 5 |
| PUT THROUGH THE WRINGER | 5 |
| THROUGH IT | 5 |
| UP AGAINST THE WALL | 5 |
| DOWN | 4 |
| HAD | 4 |
| HAVING A ROUGH TIME | 4 |
| HAVING BAD LUCK | 4 |
| TAKEN | 4 |
| THROUGH HELL | 4 |
| VERY UNLUCKY | 4 |
| BEHIND THE EIGHT-BALL | 3 |
| DEVIL’S AFTER HIM | 3 |
| HAD IT | 3 |
| HARD UP | 3 |
| HAVING A BAD TIME | 3 |
| HAVING A HARD TIME OF IT | 3 |
| HAVING IT TOUGH | 3 |
| JINKED | 3 |
| KICKED AROUND | 3 |
| MOJOED | 3 |
| PERSECUTED | 3 |
| THROUGH A LOT | 3 |
| UP AGAINST | 3 |
| VERY UNFORTUNATE | 3 |
| CLOBBERED | 2 |
| CURSED | 2 |
| HAVING A HELL OF A TIME | 2 |
| HAVING A STREAK OF BAD LUCK | 2 |
| HAVING A TIME OF IT | 2 |
| HAVING A TOUGH TIME | 2 |
| HAVING BAD BREAKS | 2 |
| HAVING HELL | 2 |
| HAVING IT | 2 |
| HAVING TOUGH LUCK | 2 |
| HAVING TROUBLE | 2 |
| IN DEEP WATER | 2 |
| REAPING WHAT HE SOWED | 2 |
| ROOKED | 2 |
| SHAFTED | 2 |
| THROUGH THE ROUGH | 2 |
| THROUGH THE WRINGER | 2 |
| TOUGH LUCK | 2 |
| UP AGIN IT | 2 |
| A-HUBBIN’ IT | 1 |
| AWFUL UNLUCKY | 1 |
| BACKSLIDING | 1 |
| BAD | 1 |
| BAD FIX | 1 |
| BATTLED DOWN | 1 |
| BEAT DOWN | 1 |
| BEING CHASED BY THE DEVIL | 1 |
| BESIEGED WITH BAD LUCK | 1 |
| BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE | 1 |
| BEWITCHED | 1 |
| BLACK CAT CROSSED HIS PATH | 1 |
| BOY ARE YOU IN A HOLE | 1 |
| BUFFALOED | 1 |
| BURNED OUT | 1 |
| CALLED AND COULDN’T COME | 1 |
| CAN’T GET A BREAK | 1 |
| CAN’T GET AHEAD | 1 |
| CAN’T MAKE A GO OF IT | 1 |
| CATCHING IT | 1 |
| CATCHING IT HARD | 1 |
| CATCHING THE DEVIL | 1 |
| CHASTISED | 1 |
| COULDN’T DO ANYTHING RIGHT | 1 |
| COURTING THE DEVIL | 1 |
| CURSED BY BAD LUCK | 1 |
| DEVIL MUST BE AFTER HIM | 1 |
| DOGGED | 1 |
| DOGGED BY BAD LUCK | 1 |
| DOGGED WITH MISFORTUNE | 1 |
| DOOMED | 1 |
| DOWN AND UNDER | 1 |
| DOWN AT THE HEEL | 1 |
| DOWN IN THE DUMP | 1 |
| DOWN ON HIS UPPERS | 1 |
| DOWN ON LUCK | 1 |
| DOWN THE WELL | 1 |
| DOWN-AND-OUTER | 1 |
| EUCHRED OUT | 1 |
| FORECLOSED | 1 |
| GET UP AGAINST A WALL | 1 |
| GETTING A LOT OF BAD BREAKS | 1 |
| GETTING A TOUGH BREAK | 1 |
| GETTING CLOBBERED | 1 |
| GETTING HIS LUMPS | 1 |
| GETTING THE BUSINESS | 1 |
| GETTING THE EVIL EYE | 1 |
| GOING DOWNHILL | 1 |
| GOING THROUGH CHANGES | 1 |
| GOING THROUGH HELL | 1 |
| GONE THROUGH PURGATORY | 1 |
| GOT HIS BACK TO THE WALL | 1 |
| HAD A HECTIC TIME | 1 |
| HAD A LOT OF MISFORTUNE | 1 |
| HAD IT ROUGH | 1 |
| HAD THE BOOK THROWN AT HIM | 1 |
| HARASSED | 1 |
| HARASSED BY HARD LUCK | 1 |
| HARD LUCK | 1 |
| HARD LUCK CHARLIE | 1 |
| HARD LUCK GUY | 1 |
| HARD PUT | 1 |
| HARD TIMES | 1 |
| HAS HAD HIS BACK AGAINST THE WALL | 1 |
| HAS REALLY HAD BAD LUCK | 1 |
| HAVING A BAD TIME OF IT | 1 |
| HAVING A JINX | 1 |
| HAVING A LOT OF BAD LUCK | 1 |
| HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE | 1 |
| HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME | 1 |
| HAVING A TOUGH ROW TO HOE | 1 |
| HAVING A TOUGH TIME OF IT | 1 |
| HAVING AN AWFUL HARD TIME | 1 |
| HAVING HIS PROBLEMS | 1 |
| HAVING HIS SHARE OF BAD LUCK | 1 |
| HAVING HIS SHARE OF GRIEF | 1 |
| HAVING HIS SHARE OF TROUBLE | 1 |
| HAVING HIS UP AND DOWNS | 1 |
| HAVING IT HARD | 1 |
| HAVING MISFORTUNE | 1 |
| HAVING MORE THAN HIS SHARE | 1 |
| HAVING NO LUCK AT ALL | 1 |
| HELL | 1 |
| HELL ON EARTH | 1 |
| HE’S DONE HAD IT | 1 |
| HE’S GOT A JINX | 1 |
| HE’S HAD HIS SHARE | 1 |
| HE’S HAD IT BAD | 1 |
| HE’S HAD THE BOOM LOWERED ON HIM | 1 |
| HE’S HAD THREE STRIKES AGAINST HIM | 1 |
| HE’S HIT A ROCKY ROAD | 1 |
| HE’S HIT BOTTOM | 1 |
| HE’S IN TROUBLE | 1 |
| HE’S LOST HIS RABBIT’S FOOT | 1 |
| HE’S REALLY HAD | 1 |
| HE’S REALLY HAD A HARD ROW | 1 |
| HE’S SHIT OUT OF LUCK | 1 |
| HE’S SURE UP AGAINST A STUMP | 1 |
| HIS SHARE OF THE TROUBLE | 1 |
| HIT | 1 |
| HIT THE SKIDS | 1 |
| HIT WITH THE RUBBERS | 1 |
| HITTING A DRY SPELL | 1 |
| HITTING IT HARD | 1 |
| HOEING A TOUGH ROW | 1 |
| HOUNDED TO DEATH | 1 |
| HURTING | 1 |
| IN PLENTY OF TROUBLE | 1 |
| IN ROUGH SHAPE | 1 |
| IN THE DEPTHS | 1 |
| IN THE DOG HOUSE | 1 |
| IN THE DUMPS | 1 |
| IN THE SOUP | 1 |
| IN TOUGH LUCK | 1 |
| JINKY | 1 |
| JINX | 1 |
| KAHUNA’D | 1 |
| KIBOSHED | 1 |
| KNOCKED AROUND | 1 |
| KNOCKED OUT | 1 |
| LADY LUCK’S SURE FROWNED ON HIM | 1 |
| LIVING WRONG | 1 |
| LOSING OUT | 1 |
| LOST HIS RABBIT’S FOOT | 1 |
| LUCKED OUT | 1 |
| LUCK’S BEEN AGAINST HIM | 1 |
| LUCK’S RUN OUT | 1 |
| MADE A PAUPER | 1 |
| MARKED | 1 |
| MARKED MAN | 1 |
| MESSED UP | 1 |
| MUST NOT A-BEEN PAYING HIS PREACHER | 1 |
| NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE | 1 |
| NOT LIVING RIGHT | 1 |
| NR | 1 |
| ON HIS UPPERS | 1 |
| ON ROCK BOTTOM | 1 |
| ON THE ROCKS | 1 |
| ON THE SKIDS | 1 |
| OUT OF CIRCULATION | 1 |
| PAKALAKI | 1 |
| PINNED UP AGAINST THE WALL | 1 |
| PLAGUED | 1 |
| PLAYED HIS CARDS WRONG | 1 |
| POOR SOUL | 1 |
| PRETTY NEAR BROKE | 1 |
| PUNISHED | 1 |
| PUSHED TO THE WALL | 1 |
| PUT A WHAMMY ON HIM | 1 |
| PUT THROUGH THE GRIND | 1 |
| PUT THROUGH THE MILL | 1 |
| PUT TO THE TEST | 1 |
| PUT UPON | 1 |
| RAKED OVER THE COALS | 1 |
| REAL UNLUCKY | 1 |
| REALLY DUMPED ON | 1 |
| REALLY UNLUCKY | 1 |
| RIDING THE BOTTOM | 1 |
| RIDING UNDER AN UNLUCKY STAR | 1 |
| RUN THROUGH THE FLINT MILL | 1 |
| RUNNING IN HARD LUCK | 1 |
| S.O.L. | 1 |
| SAD SACK | 1 |
| SCREWED | 1 |
| SCREWED UP | 1 |
| SHOOK UP | 1 |
| SO UNLUCKY | 1 |
| SOMEBODY DROPPED A PIGEON ON HIM | 1 |
| SOMEBODY PUT A SPELL ON HIM | 1 |
| SOMEBODY PUT THE FINGER ON HIM | 1 |
| STRINGENT CIRCUMSTANCES | 1 |
| SUFFERING AN AWFUL LOT | 1 |
| SURE AN UNLUCKY DEVIL | 1 |
| TAKEN THE COUNT | 1 |
| TERRIBLY UNFORTUNATE | 1 |
| TESTED | 1 |
| THEY’VE GOT HIS NUMBER | 1 |
| THINGS DON’T SEEM TO GO RIGHT FOR HIM | 1 |
| THROUGH THE DEPRESSION | 1 |
| THROUGH THE DUMPS | 1 |
| THROUGH THE HACKLES | 1 |
| THROUGH THE MILLS | 1 |
| THROUGH THE ROPES | 1 |
| THROUGH THE RUBS | 1 |
| THROUGH THE THICK AND THE THIN | 1 |
| TOOK | 1 |
| TOUGH LUCK JOE | 1 |
| UNDER A JINX | 1 |
| UNDER A STRAIN | 1 |
| UNFORTUNATED | 1 |
| UNLUCKY LOUIE | 1 |
| UP AGAINST IT FOR FAIR | 1 |
| UP AND AGAINST IT | 1 |
| UP TIGHT | 1 |
| VERDUTZTY | 1 |
| VERHEXED | 1 |
| VOODOOED | 1 |
| WASHED UP | 1 |
| WHAMMIED | 1 |
| WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS | 1 |
| WHEN IT RAINS SOUP, HIS BOWL’S UPSIDE DOWN | 1 |
| WORLD CAVED IN ABOUT HIM | 1 |
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