worse luck

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worse luck

  1. (UK, dated) Expressing commiseration for misfortune.
    Synonyms: too bad, what a pity
    • 1909, Edith Nesbit, Harding's Luck:
      “I wasn't never 'prenticed to no trade, no more'n what you'll be.”
      Worse luck,” said Dickie. “But I started learning a lot of things—games mostly, in the dream, I did—and I started making a boat—a galleon they called it. []