shit out of luck
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9.9
- idiom
- /ʃɪt aʊt əv lʌk/
- Offensive
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- With no options left, she felt completely shit out of luck in her job search.
And so if you weren't ready, you know, you kind of just shit out of luck.
- And so if you weren't ready, you know, you kind of just shit out of luck.
- You have to reach a climax where it looks like the the characters are, you know, shit out of luck and they're gonna die.
- You have to reach a climax where it looks like the the characters are, you know, shit out of luck and they're going to die.
Examples
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That puts you shit out of luck.
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We're shit out of luck.
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You know, I knew I was, I, I knew I was shit out of luck, but I still thought we could buy our way out.
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You people are all shit out of luck.
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Two more minutes and we're shit out of luck.
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Then we're shit out of luck.
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Bud, you're shit out of luck.
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Let's just say you're shit out of luck, son.
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You have to reach a climax where it looks like the the characters are, you know, shit out of luck and they're gonna die.
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You have to reach a climax where it looks like the the characters are, you know, shit out of luck and they're going to die.
Synonyms
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4.1
Not successful when you try to get something you want
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6.7
Having bad luck, often with money
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7.4
A situation of very great trouble and urgent need with no easy way out
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9.9
In a very bad situation or serious trouble
Antonyms
How Lucky
Surface Forms
Morphology
The core meaning comes from the transparent chunk "out of luck" (unlucky, without options), so a learner who knows those constituents would grasp the basic sense. The vulgar element "shit" functions as a colloquial intensifier rather than adding a literal meaning, so the full pragmatic force and register are not fully predictable from the parts, making the expression only partially compositional.
Etymology
Shit out of luck may come from a blunt image: imagine you have nothing useful left—only shit—so you are out of luck and have no choices to help you. So, the phrase means 'having no options' or being 'unlucky'.