have a wretched fate;be down on one’s luck; be out of luck; have bad luck ❍ 当晚林冲仰天长叹道： “不想我今日被高俅那贼陷害，流落到此，天地也不容我，直如此～！” (《水浒全传》135)“Who would have thought that scoundrel Gao Qiu would have hurt me so badly，” he sighed. “I’ve ended up here in my wanderings,unfavoured by Heaven and Earth. What a wretched fate!”