не везло

was unlucky

→ не
phrase Uncommon #24,083
was unlucky Used impersonally; the person who had bad luck is usually expressed in the dative, as in «мне не везло» (“I was unlucky”).
RU: Вчера мне совсем не везло.
EN: I was really unlucky yesterday.

Ну не везло тебе какое-то время.

Well, you've been unlucky for a while.

— Бешеные псы (1992)

Мне всегда не везло.

I've always been unlucky.

— Плата за страх (1953)

Ему просто не везло.

He was simply unlucky.

— Двойная страховка (1944)

Мэри довольно-таки не везло, так ведь?

Mary was pretty unlucky, wasn't she?

Мне немного не везло.

I was a little unlucky.

Да, конечно, но Изекеилю всю жизнь не везло.

Yes, of course, but Ezekiel has had bad luck all his life.

— Карандиру (2003)

Ей чертовски не везло, а потом она встретила хорошего парня.

She had terrible luck, and then she met a good guy.

— Бешеные псы (1992)

Мне просто не везло.

I just had no luck.

Из нас троих никому с мужчинами не везло.

None of the three of us had any luck with men.

— Возвращение (2006)

Тому необычайно не везло.

Tom was unusually unlucky.