streak of misery
- noun
:
racha de miseria
- After losing her job and dealing with health issues, she felt trapped in a streak of misery that seemed never-ending.
Examples
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His constant failures at work led him into a streak of misery that affected his overall happiness.
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The town experienced a streak of misery after the devastating flood left many residents homeless.
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Great streaks of misery.
Synonyms
310
2.8
A feeling of great unhappiness and suffering
137
4.8
A difficult, unpleasant experience that lasts a long time
2
6.1
A time when someone has many problems and finds life difficult
2
6.5
A period when someone has many problems
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun combines 'streak' (a continuous sequence or run) with 'misery' (extreme unhappiness), so the overall meaning—a run or period of suffering—is transparently derivable from the constituents. The 'streak of X' construction is a common, productive pattern in English (and has parallels in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the words would readily infer the phrase's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase streak of misery creates the image of a long dark streak running through someone's life made of sad events or misery. So, it means 'a long period of suffering'.