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No such luck!

something that you say in order to express disappointment that you were not able to do something that you wanted to. I had hoped we'd have time for lunch somewhere. No such luck.

See also: luck

sink to such depths

to behave very badly. I find it hard to believe that human beings could sink to such depths.

See also: depth, sink

Such is life.

something that you say when you are talking about bad things that happen or exist which you cannot prevent and must therefore accept. In an ideal world, I'd rather have the child and the career but it's not possible. That's life.

See also: life

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

something that you say which means that if someone gives you something, they always expect you to give them something or to do something for them. He offered me a room in his house, but he seems to expect me to do all the housework. I should have known there's no such thing as a free lunch.

See also: free, lunch, thing

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as such

1. being exactly what is mentioned or suggested. There's no dining room as such, but we've made a dining area just outside the kitchen.

2. considered alone or by itself. The size of their family as such is not a factor in our decision to give them financial aid.

no such luck

the situation or event did not develop as you hoped it would. I believed that was the end of the conversation, but no such luck – he just kept on talking.

See also: luck

there is no such thing

the situation you are talking about does not exist. There is no such thing as a completely truthful politician, he maintained.

See also: there, thing