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| passing over(noun, slip, breach, lapse) | |
| rainy days(noun, drop, decline, low) | |
| rotten luck(blow, burden, cross, disaster) | |
| sin of commission | |
| sin of omission | |
| sinking ship(noun, decline, ruin, neglect) | |
| theater of cruelty | |
| total loss(noun, decline, ruin, neglect) | |
| tough luck(blow, cross, disaster, trial) | |
| weak spot(noun, fault, shortcoming) | |
| abortive attempt | |
| act of God(idiom, ruin, catastrophe, tragedy) | |
| adverse luck(idiom, adversity) | |
| bad fortune(shock, disaster, catastrophe, calamity) | |
| bad health(noun, upset, complaint) | |
| bad omen(ruin, destruction, misfortune, downfall) | |
| bad period(low, collapse, depression, recession) | |
| bad record | |
| basket case(noun, ruin, collapse, flop) | |
| be lacking |
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