lucky (old) you/me etc
used for saying that something good has happened or will happen. This expression often shows that, in fact, you think something is bad
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Ways of saying that something or someone is lucky
thank God/goodness/heaven(s)
used for saying that you are lucky to have something
fortune smiles on someone/something
used for saying that someone or something is lucky and successful
there but for the grace of God (go I)
used for saying that if you were less lucky you might be in the same bad situation as someone else
luck is on someone’s side
if luck is on your side, things happen the way that you want them to
some people have all the luck
used for saying that someone has more success than they deserve
(it’s) all right for someone
used for saying that someone is lucky because they do not have the same problems as you
(it’s) all right for some (people)
used for saying that you think someone is very lucky
third time lucky
you say this when someone is successful the third time that they try something, after they failed the first two times
(it’s a) good job
used for saying that it is lucky that you did something, or lucky that something happened
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a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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