poor lookout
Example Sentences
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But, sailors can’t afford to waste any time in ‘crying over spilt milk’; it would be a poor lookout for them, aye, and for our country too, if they did!
From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.
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)
He took post in a fence corner, but he kept a poor lookout and was surprised and taken prisoner by a squad of the enemy that had stolen a march on him.
From The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country by Barry, Joseph
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.
It is a poor lookout to be risking death continually in the service of a foreign king.
From In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain by Sheldon, Charles Mills
