Fucked by the fickle finger of fate vulgar slang
If someone is fucked by the fickle finger of fate, they have gone through an unlucky situation.
I closed my newly-opened restaurant due to the pandemic. I was fucked by the fickle finger of fate.
To encounter bad luck, or being picked doing something undesirable
people often do irrational or foolish things when they are in love.
I and my boyfriend have decided to get married in the summer. I don't think that's wise, since we won't have enough money saved by then to set up house. But then, one cannot love and be wise.