no such luck

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Interjection

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no such luck

  1. Used to express regret that something failed to occur.
    • 1835, Ben the Sailor, “Adventures on Shore and Afloat”, in The Nautical Magazine a Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs in General[1]:
      [] being then crippled in my starboard foot.―Wounded perhaps, in action?―No, no such luck; that shabby dog, Jack Frost, bit off a couple of my toes: []
    • 2006, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, “Smoot v. Mazda Motors of America”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2]:
      We might have expected the blunder to be corrected by the major Chicago law firm representing the appellees. No such luck.

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