no such luck

English

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:
  […] 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)‎:
  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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