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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used for saying that something good has happened or will happen. This expression often shows that, in fact, you think something is bad
used for saying that you are lucky to have something
used for saying that someone or something is lucky and successful
used for saying that if you were less lucky you might be in the same bad situation as someone else
if luck is on your side, things happen the way that you want them to
used for saying that someone has more success than they deserve
used for saying that someone is lucky because they do not have the same problems as you
used for saying that you think someone is very lucky
you say this when someone is successful the third time that they try something, after they failed the first two times
used for saying that it is lucky that you did something, or lucky that something happened
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