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beginner's luck

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beginner's luck
absolute luck; the luck of an inexperienced person. (Referring to surprisingly good luck.) I could never have accomplished this if I had practiced a lot. My win was just beginner's luck.
See also: luck


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While Pomerantz puts that one down to beginner's luck, it was a harbinger of things to come as she quickly became a major player in the brokerage world handling deals that include one million square feet of transactions for Bloomberg L.
And if you beat the zombies at their game, they'll accuse you of having beginner's luck, which seems to rank as mortal sin among the poker-devout, whose god is none other than repeat champion David Sklansky, author of "Hold 'Em Poker" - always a fledgling freak's primer.
He chalks his ACDFA success up to "total beginner's luck.
 
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