no such luck

phrase

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.

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Iran’s national team has no such luck—and faces far more difficult circumstances than any other participating country. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026 Plenty of low-budget horror films manage to creatively overcome budget limitations — there is just no such luck here. — Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026 And Corcoran’s Monica Rittersporn, who previously held the listing and lives on the block, had no such luck. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026 And unlike the narwhal, which grew in population and remained stable with a low genetic diversity, partridges have had no such luck. — Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for no such luck

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“No such luck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20such%20luck. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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