lucky (redirected from luckiness)

*lucky streak and *streak of luck

Fig. a series of lucky wins in gambling or games. (*Typically: be on ~; have ~.) Thanks to a lucky streak, I won enough in Las Vegas to pay for the trip.

See also: streak

Bless one's lucky star, and Bless one's stars.

Prov. Be thankful for a lucky thing that happened. (Also Bless my Stars!, a mild interjection of surprise.) I bless my lucky star that I met you, dear. I was in a car crash yesterday, and I bless my stars that no one was hurt. Alan: Look, honey! I gave the house a thorough cleaning while you were away. Jane: Bless my stars!

See also: bless, star

It is better to be born lucky than rich.

Prov. If you are born rich, you may lose your money, but if you are born lucky, you will always get what you need or want just by chance. Maybe your family doesn't have a lot of money, but you are lucky, you know. And it's better to be born lucky than rich.

See also: better, born, rich

Lucky at cards, unlucky in love.

Prov. If you frequently win at card games, you will not have happy love affairs. (Can imply the converse, that if you do not win at card games, you will have happy love affairs.) Fred: I wish I was George. He always wins tons of money at our poker games. Alan: Don't be jealous of him. Lucky at cards, unlucky in love.

See also: love

lucky break and a nice break; a big break

significant good fortune or opportunity. I need a lucky break about now. She's never had a lucky break. Mary is going to get a big break soon.

See also: break

lucky dog

Fig. a lucky person. You won the lottery? You are a lucky dog!

See also: dog

lucky for you

a phrase introducing a description of an event that favors the person being spoken to. Andy: Lucky for you the train was delayed. Otherwise you'd have to wait till tomorrow morning for the next one. Fred: That's luck, all right. I'd hate to have to sleep in the station. Jane: I hope I'm not too late. Sue: Lucky for you, everyone else is late too.

thank one's lucky stars

Fig. to be thankful for one's luck. You can thank your lucky stars that I was there to help you. I thank my lucky stars that I studied the right things for the test.

See also: star, thank

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get lucky  (informal)

to meet someone who you can have sex with Why don't you come along? You never know, you might get lucky.

See also: get

happy-go-lucky

a happy-go-lucky person is happy all of the time and does not worry about anything He struck me as a happy-go-lucky kind of guy.

strike it lucky  (British, American & Australian) also strike lucky (British & Australian)

to suddenly have some good luck They struck it lucky with their second album which became an immediate best-seller.

See also: strike

thank your lucky stars

to feel lucky or grateful that you have avoided an unpleasant situation I'm just thanking my lucky stars that I wasn't there when she was looking for someone to give the talk. And you can thank your lucky stars (= you should be grateful to me) that I didn't tell him when he asked.

See also: star, thank

You should be so lucky!  (informal)

something that you say in order to tell someone that what they want is not likely to happen A pay increase? You should be so lucky!

See strike it lucky, thank lucky stars

See also: should

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thank your lucky stars

to be grateful for having good luck I thanked my lucky stars that no one took my bag when I stupidly left it on a park bench.

See also: star, thank