fucked by the fickle finger of fate
Victimized by bad luck.
fickle
/ˈfɪk.əl/
adj 2verb 2name 1
Collocations
4(adj.)
VERBS
be
ADV
very | a bit, rather
notoriously
Fashion trends are notoriously fickle, changing dramatically from one season to the next.
Definitions
adj
1
Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle, / If thou art fickle, what doſt thou with him / That is renown'd for faith? be fickle Fortune: / For then I hope thou wilt not keepe him long, / But ſend him backe.
Still onward winds the dreary way; I with it; for I long to prove No lapse of moons can canker Love, Whatever fickle tongues may say.
2
Changeable.
fickle breeze
fickle stock market
verb
1
To deceive, flatter.
2
To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
fickle mistress
Synonym of cruel mistress.
Much as we may glory in [Nature's] crimson dawns and golden sunsets ... we learn sooner or later that she is a fickle mistress who may smile one day and another send fiery darts of
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O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle, / If thou art fickle, what doſt thou with him / That is renown'd for faith? be fickle Fortune: / For then I hope thou wilt not keepe him long, / But ſend
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Still onward winds the dreary way; I with it; for I long to prove No lapse of moons can canker Love, Whatever fickle tongues may say.
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As night has such a local ring / And love and rock are fickle things
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The weather is fickle.
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Man is as fickle as autumn weather.
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Cats are fickle creatures.
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i Register
In some senses, fickle is marked as figuratively, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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