poor lookout
Example Sentences
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It is a poor lookout for their future if they put pleasure first.
From The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements by Devereux, G. R. M.
And if they should succeed it will be a pretty poor lookout for all hands aboard this ship!
From Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship by Holloway, W. Herbert
Yes, on the face of it, it seemed a poor lookout for "Tipperary" against such a foe.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
It's a poor lookout for a man of your years, Jed.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
"It's a poor lookout," said Mrs. Morel bitterly.
From Sons and Lovers by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
