lucky (redirected from luckiness)

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.

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, 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 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