Can't Catch a Break Meaning?

US. : to have a some good luck I just can't seem to catch a break. If we can catch a break with the goalkeeping, we might just win the championship.

Can't catch a break synonym?

timely. triumphant. victorious. well-to-do. providential.

Can't catch a break origin?

Break meaning 'a bit of good luck; a chance' is originally AmE and continues to be used there with get. The Corpus of Historical American English has its first instance of catch/caught a break in 1986, and it gained ground through the 1990s and 2000s. But it is still far outnumbered by get/got/gotten a break in AmE.