malheur (mal9R)

French · mishap, misfortune

Baby Dragon · Bébé Dragon (23)

  1. What a pity!

  2. Woe to him!

  3. Don't paint the devil on the wall.

  4. Black cats are bad luck.

  5. He told me about his misfortune.

  6. He told me about his misfortune.

  7. One man's medicine is another man's poison.

  8. Misfortunes never come singly.

  9. Every cloud has a silver lining.

  10. Misfortunes never come singly.

  11. War necessarily causes unhappiness.

  12. In hard times, you find out who your friends are.

  13. Woe to who be alone, my friends. It seems that social isolation quickly destroys one's reason.

  14. Misfortunes never come single.

  15. I wonder why some people think black cats are unlucky.

  16. Some people believe that black cats bring bad luck.

  17. O me, what hast thou done?

  18. I have no other way to get out of this misfortune.

  19. What a misfortune that your father has died, my child. Unfortunately, I can do nothing to help you.

  20. It's bad luck to say that.

  21. My parents said it's bad luck to walk on your knees.

  22. I don't believe that black cats cause bad luck.

  23. He told me about his misfortune.

Beginner · Débutant (6)

  1. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

  2. Her unhappiness turned to bliss when she heard his voice.

  3. Four is an unlucky number in Japanese.

  4. Woe betide the child who speaks correct English; he will be the laughing-stock of his classmates.

  5. We're in big trouble if they find out that we're lying.

  6. Four is an unlucky number in China and in Japan.

Intermediate · Intermédiaire (11)

  1. Woe to the vanquished!

  2. A broken mirror brings bad luck.

  3. Misfortune is rarely pleasant.

  4. To make matters worse, it began to rain.

  5. There were rumors about a misfortune.

  6. The misfortune of the ants makes the elephants laugh.

  7. The best remedy for our own troubles is the misfortune of others.

  8. To make things even worse, he got sick.

  9. Despite our bad luck, we had one bit of good luck: we had performed a full backup the day before.

  10. Some people believe that the number 13 brings bad luck.

  11. Walking under a ladder is bad luck.

Advanced · Avancé (3)

  1. He believes in the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number.

  2. Woe to those who are obese in a society where slimness is the norm.

  3. I am the architect of my own misfortune.

Master Dragon · Maître Dragon (3)

  1. Mary is a jinx.

  2. It never rains but it pours.

  3. A friend in need is a friend indeed.