Each box is dealt an initial hand of two cards visible to the people playing on it, and often to any other players.

As the teams left the court at halftime, it was not hard to see which had been dealt a better hand this season.

I don't look at it as I've been dealt a bad hand now.

Laid them back down on the desk like he was dealing a hand of giant playing cards.

He was dealt a hand that might have destroyed him.

President Bush was dealt a bad hand by others.

Pitino was dealt a bad hand in his first season.

He was just dealing a fresh hand when he heard the back door open.

"I've been dealt a pretty bad hand," he said of his pro career.

When being dealt a worse hand would have led to a better result, we say that our timing is off.