bad luck

A common tradition says that during this year a woman can propose marriage, and it's bad luck for a man to turn down such an offer.

All this, it has to be said, is no protection against bad luck, as Hoffenheim's story also shows.

Christmas decorations must be taken down on the Twelfth Day after Christmas otherwise it brings bad luck for the rest of the year.

This was true in part because he had the bad luck to be President during a time of widespread social and economic misery.

How much bad luck are you willing and able to tolerate?

After 38 games, a long drawn-out season and a bit of good and bad luck, you tend to get the worst three teams at the bottom.

Her mother died two weeks after her birth and Adeline was considered to be a source of bad luck by her family.

If you think that adds up to bad luck, you'll want to start the day in a bath of half hot and half cold water mixed with a bowl of salt.

Conversely, it is considered bad luck for a single woman to wear a ring on her engagement finger as it might curse her to be single forever.

I hit the crosspiece and the pole, but it was just a bit of bad luck.

If it was not for the bad luck we encountered in the last game, we would probably be on top of the group.

you in 2006 luck are a bad luck year. Jiang Ziya sells the bread flour, is not the wind blows then is the rain hits.

A couple things go wrong, and believers may start to look for the next bit of bad luck.

The last race wasn't a great race for me, a bit of bad luck but also I have to admit that my tyre choice wasn't great.

I would never curse some innocent child with my eyebrows, my bad luck (yes it has got to be genetic at this point), and my anxiety.

She won't. She cannot see how much we improved. Our bad luck. Let's go.

In the end, despite his meticulous planning and execution, it was a simple case of bad luck that led to his arrest.

Or, to put it another way, what really killed the dinosaurs was a string of the most atrocious bad luck.

Our dog had a litter of four puppies , and you know people say four puppies in a litter is bad luck, so I'm going to get rid of them now.

He was the kind of guy who did not make mistakes. But you can't hide from bad luck. Bullets and artillery always seem to find the best.

She might be a dwarf, but she was also a woman, and women were bad luck aboard ship.

Yes, it is bad luck. I suppose I shall have been more careful. And I feel so helpless lying here. And so miserable!

Nuts have been used for divination: whether they burned quietly or exploded indicated good or bad luck.

I told you I had bad luck, didn't I? "the man sighed, " The trouble is that I didn't notice there was an ox at the other end of that rope.

It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home, but during the race she had a lot of bad luck.

Maggie: He could have canceled. Isn't that proof enough. . . that this whole bad luck thing is totally bogus?

eg. Dick seems to have had bad luck all week.

He thought you were a vagrant. - It's bad luck. We try again tomorrow.

Critics suggest that this shrivelling of the supply chain leaves consumers vulnerable to bad luck or bad behaviour.

I've had bad luck in a way, but I'm not here to tell you that.

Losing a client $2 billion is called a streak of bad luck. Losing the bank $2 billion is called fraud.

What if the child who does not live up to the hopes and dreams of the parent simply because of bad luck?

Colleagues: What bad luck you have to be one team with vernon! He can only sleep all day, and you have to do all the work.

All the ill-omens and bad luck that we encounter in this life is a direct result of our past evil actions and thoughts.

I could find nothing but bad luck when I returned the shop after learning that my handbag had been left on the counter.

Mike: You just said that you thought your goldfish. . . um, you know. . . was bad luck.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck.

Some humour can be cruel but some people seem to enjoy seeing other people's bad luck at times.

He was fat and lazy and discouraged, and bad luck had become a habit with him.

It's incredibly bad luck that this has happened in Nigeria, especially given that [this country] has made such progress.

He hesitated for a moment and then he told me that he had had bad luck at cards for some time.

No sirree, I'm telling you! It is bad luck! If you want some bad luck, I'll blab it out, but if you wanna be safe . . .

I've heard of her. She's said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.

The increasing number of Sino-American disputes is not just a coincidence or a run of bad luck.

Never mind the wreck of your whole life, never mind that you got railroaded into this place by a whole trainload of bad luck.

I don't believe that thirteen is an unlucky number or that breaking a mirror brings seven years of bad luck.

But unfortunately, bad luck came again in his head, has been paralyzed for the blind, he is undoubtedly another blow!

Go out to fight , but the most unusual thing , however, if the bad luck, run into such a devil driver and his taxi devil, .

since we cannot avoid and bad luck, it doesn't always ready to risk challenge, do a can withstand risk of cows.

But it's horribly bad luck for clams of a sexual clam species if an Asian clam parasitises their eggs as they have no comeback.

An' it's your bad luck you grew up in a family o' the biggest Muggles I ever laid eyes on.

It was once believed that the first visitor on New Year's Day would bring either good luck or bad luck for the rest of the year.

In a rare misjudgment of the public mood, Lula laughingly lamented his bad luck to be leaving just before the largesse arrived.

At the end of the festival, the branches are thrown into a river, thus taking bad luck away.

B When a ladder is propped against the wall, it is supposed to be bad luck to walk underneath it.

There was a time when I thought she had bad luck.

failures by others are a routine part of work life. When problems occur, no one is picking on you and you can't excuse it as bad luck.

Superstition: Saying the word 'Macbeth' in a theater will result in extreme bad luck.

If the first guest is a light yellow hair and a woman, or a sad, poor, unfortunate people, the owner was in the new year will be bad luck.

I would like: bad luck, I am just sitting in front of him, the "Who can look for the seats and Yujie? "

Images of a bullet-train carriage dangling from a Wenzhou viaduct after a July railway collision seemed to illustrate the city's bad luck.

Was that McNealy's fault for not preparing the transition better or simply a stroke of bad luck?

In concept, they find out by someone else, consider to be their own out of luck, is bad luck to take shortcuts as anything.

He had the bad luck to be in Buffalo during the freak October snowstorm that dumped two feet (60cm) of snow on the city.

We just have had a really kind-of amazing string of just plain bad luck with weather. And it just keeps accumulating recently.

Jankulovski also got close with that beautiful shot. We had some bad luck on Sunday, but today it was all good and we took the three points.

I used to think I had bad luck. . . but now I realize you make your own luck.

It is said that bad luck is trapped at the point where the two fingers meet .

is a superstition, a belief that something brings good or bad luck--without a scientific reason to think so.

She became a fine example for people who have had bad accidents or bad luck .

In what occurred as a stroke of bad luck, my boyfriend (now husband) needed to go back to Florida to continue his flight training.

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.

Are those poor kids must be so embarrassed to live it? No, they are just bad luck, born in poverty or well-being of families.

You should not always complain the managers, the injury-plagued , the bad luck. . . when your team lose the games.

The current oil shock, with Nymex crude touching $142 , has as much to do with bad luck as geology.

You must get out of bed on the same side that you get in or you will have bad luck.

You said you had a bad luck, but you have all the best luck in the world, you just need to see.

Dutch winger Arjen Robben is desperate to put his bad luck behind him and inspire Chelsea to success in four major competitions this season.

But I never blamed anyone or cried for my bad luck, I just practise, practise, and practise.

My family told me she was born with two teeth. Old people all said it was bad luck, and had her teeth taken out.

The optimists believe defeat is not their fault: circumstances, bad luck, or other people brought it about.

"Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a bad luck, " said Saiweng.

Sometimes a person subject to the terrible fate against, regardless of bad luck from the public or individuals, may be a good thing down.

Kate got a black cat for her birthday. But she heard that black cat was bad luck. So she went to the library and find out.

Is his failure ascribable to incompetence or to bad luck?

When dining in a restaurant, discussing illness, death or tragic events is not appropriate as it is seen as bad luck.

Li: Oh, is the soldier soldier. Has the soldier soldier, how you chosen such a bad luck number?

Bad luck and whistling have always been connected. One superstition says that if you whistle or sing while playing cards, you will lose.

Dodie: It's not her fault, she just seems to have bad luck with men.

Superstition: It is considered bad luck to whistle on or off stage, as someone (not always the whistler) will be fired.

PPG calls bad luck to say, the competitor is intended bespatter is the crucial reason that its are immersed in public opinion eddy.

It's bad luck to pick up a coin if it's tails side up. Good luck comes if it's heads up.

It was just bad luck and I still think that all the decisions I made were for the best for me and were done after long thinking.

Honda have had their share of bad luck so far this season.

He's still alive. They hit with five shots, and he's still alive! That's bad luck for me, and bad luck for you if you don't make that deal.

Sometimes, looking back on it in her book, "The Wars of Rosie" , she blamed bad luck.

Although you may be in bad luck, it really depends on your viewpoint.

any village that did not give food would have bad luck.

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability to overcome bad luck.

Finlayson argues that it was a deadly combination of bad luck and climate change.

"They say if a ghost finds you in the street and follows you back home, your family will have bad luck all year, " she said.

They were all swearing about their bad luck.

Too has been tonight bad luck, is caught unexpectedly by manager----Does not study by oneself in the office.

It was dogged by bad luck, ranging from solar flares to boulder-strewn landing fields, and returned to Earth three years late.

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability to over bad luck.

More from disaster mikey appeared, who get things like this, who will get bad luck.

A Superstition is something that people believe will bring good or bad luck if it happens.

SJM's road to market has been a long and tortuous one, dogged by bad luck and controversy.

The gravedigger was happy too. In a short period, he had dug two graves, so his business was finally back on track and his bad luck over.

Nothing but bad luck for months. I just can't catch a break!

The film about a group of desperate, death-defying prisoner, downright bad luck hit a parolee, had a can of air to escape.

Since it's un-American to lose, no unfortunate event is ever the result of incompetence, or even bad luck.

If you walk under a ladder and a hammer falls on your head it is really bad luck!

But no one seemed to regard the storm as an omen of bad luck for the coming years.

The death worm is so feared among Mongolians that many consider the mere mention of its name bad luck.

Never take a broom along when you move. It is bad luck. Throw it out and buy a new one.

Those who do not make fortunes nor get promotion complain about their bad luck.

Suspected of doing so is neither dishonest, and also avoid your resume in the review of this first hurdle will be a veto of bad luck.

It's really incredible, I can't figure out how we've managed such a run of bad luck.

Is it a case of bad luck, or just bad decor?

It was bad luck that it happened to be raining on the day of picnic.

It is said to be bad luck if you see bats flying and hear their cries.

The Smiths have had bad luck, but they always make the best of everthing.

There is some sympathy that this may be down to bad luck.

IT bearrived a fine CASE to people which HAs get bad accidents or bad luck.

But masts are common, and some villages are bound to develop high cancer rates through nothing more sinister than sheer bad luck.

However, seamstresses often refuse to use green thread on the eve of a fashion show for fear it will bring bad luck.

The question is whether this was down to deliberate deception, incompetence or bad luck.

As an industrialist, he was not interested in such superficial views on the bad luck of Chinese silk.

My friend, welcome you return back, we look for you so many days, as if you always meet bad luck.

If it isn't the fault of others, then they claim it is due to 'bad luck' or how 'unfair' the world is.

We hope that this game won't bring us more bad luck.

Japanese people also hang calamus and artemisia above their doors to stop disease and bad luck entering, just like we do.

You said it was the worst bad luck in the world to touch a snake-skin with my hands.

The intensity of competition in an industry is neither a matter of coincidence nor bad luck.

Kitty: But those things are dangerous! I'm not going out if it means bad luck.

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the alility to overcome bad luck.

They were convinced that the loud noise created by firecrackers would scare off evil spirits and bad luck.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by meas of good or bad luck .

The incident typified the bad luck that both Webber and Williams have had to endure in 2006.

Ignacio: I could board him at a kennel, but he's had bad luck at kennels. Could you look after him while I'm gone?

that for every minute of every hour of every day I can't believe my own damn bad luck that you met her first! !

I think we just had bad luck with at least two of the DK systems.

good bad luck. that flash which is pounded by the ball, my breath, the words will not say.

The main body's configuration of growth shares good and bad luck with the expression of initiation stories' main topic.

by contrast, thanks to a combination of bad luck, poor reliability and occasional driver error.

And I was smiling when my english friends and ferguson were blaming bad luck after Man U's loss at home.

The idea that number "13" brings bad luck seems to quite absurd.

We had three days bad luck with the weather, but in whole it was a wonderful week in NYC!

Particularly bad luck in the former in 2012 who visited the British Museum must for large wall in front of the construction chaos puzzled.

When is it a bad luck to have a black cat follow you?

Newspapers in Thailand frequently carry rumors and stories about politicians holding secret ceremonies to remove bad luck.

Gibbs: Aye, Lieutenant. It's bad luck to have a woman on board, too. Even a miniature one.

In the philosophy of Santiago, though encountering the extreme bad luck, man also can be confident.

It's bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.

I am not sure if it is bad luck or if I am not good enough in front of goal.

According to the traditions, nobody visits friends and relatives as it would bring them bad luck.

These exercises helped them spot chance opportunities, listen to their intuition, expect to be lucky, and be more resilient to bad luck.

After trouble with the car and the television, we spent the evening waiting for the next bad luck.

We might have good luck or bad luck.

Everything has its cause and effect, do not blame bad luck.

One many counteract the effect of spilled salt, or bad luck, by throwing a little over the left shoulder.

Mike: I think I'll pass-my horoscope says I should avoid going to unfamiliar places today to avoid bad luck!

He had been bogged down by a series of missed opportunities and plain bad luck.

Also Chinese people believe that crows mean bad luck, probably due to the colour black.

Occasionally, I comfort myself with the idea that I was swindled; but actually it was bad luck or my poor judgment.

That Italian boy who was so funny in the movies, he had some bad luck and you never saw him again because you were more famous.

bad luck can never hinder you from creating a brilliant process, oppositely you can replace death with a wonderful process.

Sucre won't take part. He believes that drilling holes in the face of the devil is bad luck.

By that yardstick, India is having a singular run of bad luck everywhere you look from its borders.

When problem occur, no on is pick on you and you can't excuse it as bad luck.

The subject for the evening was "Black Cats and Four Leaf Clovers: Stories about Good and Bad Luck" .

That's because of a killer combination of geography , poverty , social problems , slipshod building standards and bad luck, experts say.

That western civilisation should have been born in so benighted a country as Iraq may seem bad luck.

It is considered bad luck if a woman removes her engagement ring before the wedding for fear that the wedding may not actually happen.

But the phenomenon is also bringing uncertainty and fear in parts of Asia, where some believe it will bring bad luck.

I wasn't single for twelve years out of bad luck or bad vibes or bad dating skills.

It is believed the cleaning sweeps away the bad luck of the preceding year and makes their homes ready for good luck.

Played mahjong in the process, luck is crucial, but hard to control, a good attitude can bring bad luck to minimise the impact of.

And if you're in Latin America, never pour with your left hand--that's bad luck.

How dare you cut off a piece of my beautiful beard. Bad luck on you!

The computer criminals who have been caught may have been the victims of uncommonly bad luck.

To knock on something made of wood to keep from having bad luck.

It should have been anticipated and avoided. An unavoidable problem represents bad luck or a cruel twist of fate.

'The funny thing is that the injuries are no fault of my own. It's just very bad luck. I am not an injury-prone player.

But often can sacrifice the precondition which in the formation some bad luck egg achievement starts to exchange fire.

I am most upset to hear about her bad luck.

Superstition: It is bad luck to wear the color blue onstage, unless it was countered with something silver.

She is a lovely woman , but if she is angry with you , you will have bad luck .

Many of our problems come from within our own minds. They aren't caused by events, bad luck, or other people.

That's my bad luck. So. As you can see. I need some help.

The weapons made by one group of dwarves are better and deadlier than ever, but those who use them seem cursed with exceptional bad luck.

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He is always attributing his failure to bad luck.

In a corporate environment, you can't just tell your CEO it was bad luck.

Having a black cat cross your path, walking under a ladder, and breaking a mirror are all bad luck.

With murder in my heart, I sprang after him, but he had vanished without even the bad luck of identification.

Any given test case could trigger many internal faults that, through sheer bad luck, don't produce the wrong answer.

Perhaps it was just my bad luck, or the weather that day: drizzly gloom.

We won't be able to get away this weekend, bad luck!

They also believe that walking under a ladder, opening an umbrella indoors and breaking a mirror can also bring bad luck.

Columbus died on the twentieth day of May of the year 1506. His bad luck followed him beyond the grave.

According to folklore, breaking a mirror is a surefire way to doom yourself to seven years of bad luck.

Sometimes it takes bad luck for us to understand our goals better.

When problems happen, no 1 namely electing on you and you can't plea it as bad luck.

"I had bad luck this year. I'm here to wash my bad luck away, and ask for blessings for good things to come, " he added.

I suspect that snakeskin is still working its bad luck on us.

Lately I have wondered if there was something in the sushi, though mostly I put it down to coincidence and bad luck.

He is always ascribing his failure to bad luck.

Bad luck is no stranger to this warm and thoughtful 37-year-old man.

" White said: " do not you, so bad luck.

Bankruptcy is no longer stigmatised but simply regarded as bad luck.

I just hope my bad luck has passed now, and wish everybody, including me, have good mark in tomorrow's test!

And disturbing an already-posted message is considered rude and supposedly brings bad luck.

"We had some chances. To concede a goal in the last minute is really bad luck. "

Two great free kicks hit with great precision and technique, which only bad luck prevented from going in.

Bob: I have a bad luck this moring . The farmer catches me in one of his apple trees.

Opening an umbrella indoors is supposed to bring bad luck, though the origins of this belief are murky.

Good and bad luck, like good and bad refereeing decisions do generally even themselves out over time.

The priests predicted good or bad luck by studying the combinations of gods or goddesses and numbers.

A player may change bad luck to good by playing with a new deck of cards.

German thought: "Romanians really cunning, he steal a kiss, I secretly beaten, bad luck. "

The tree and decorations are unwillingly taken down two weeks after Christmas Day, as it is considered bad luck if they are up longer.

misfortune, adversity, mishap, mischance all refer to state or an instance of ill for-tune or bad luck.

" Mexicans, the French will use this gesture to mean " useless ", " dead " or " bad luck.

In old times, white tiger is also regarded as a demon, so those women who brought bad luck to their men are called White Tiger Star now.

Remember confirmation bias? The belief that bad luck comes in threes is a classic example.

While skill plays a huge part in winning, sometimes even the most talented players can have bad luck and get knocked out of the event early.

Enjoying the irony and ridiculousness of bad luck can make it seem less like a personal attack and more like a prank by the universe.

Death from illness is ideal, whereas accidental death and suicide carry stigmas or bad luck.

We humans are a superstitious lot, believing that Friday the 13th is bad luck and finding a penny is good luck.

We will change match-ups for each negotiation during the course, so you may expect your good luck and bad luck to average out.

Everything was going smoothly until I had a spell of bad luck and ended up on this river.

Disregarding trials and hardship , regardless of bad luck , It both, you are in mute support and are guiding me.

Rarely can they make a profit, and never thought about the problem but complain about the bad luck.

If your house has just burnt down, "when you need money most" amounts to the same thing as "after bad luck" .

This time, self-drawn even, should not be too bad luck.

Andy: That's right. Your bad luck is the hole in the table from your hammer. You'll be in big trouble when Mom comes home.

Our years of bad luck begin.

This cluster of record-breaking events could be merely an streak of bad luck.

Or, if you worry about bad luck after breaking a mirror, use the Irish solution of spinning around three times counterclockwise6.

She seemed to be cursed with bad luck.

Birds walk and scratch backwards while looking for food, so eating them would bring bad luck.

His win is followed by a run of bad luck, including arrests, lawsuits, and other tribulations.

They say that the number thirteen brings bad luck.

We were dogged by bad luck during the whole journey.

And people would dig water wells, and if they happened to strike oil by accident, they'd curse their bad luck.

Well, now that I think about it, I think you bring me bad luck!

We considered good luck, bad luck, the timing of luck and the size of "luck spikes. "

Gentlemen, that ill will , that bad luck, I could never forgive.