Idiom
deal a bad hand
Meaning
To assign unfavorable circumstances in life to someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Life dealt him a bad hand, but he keeps working hard.”
“She was dealt a bad hand with her health, yet she remains the most optimistic person I know.”
“Though he was dealt a bad hand by circumstances beyond his control, he refused to let his difficult upbringing define his future success.”
Examples
simple
“Life dealt him a bad hand, but he keeps working hard.”
contextual
“She was dealt a bad hand with her health, yet she remains the most optimistic person I know.”
complex
“Though he was dealt a bad hand by circumstances beyond his control, he refused to let his difficult upbringing define his future success.”
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