Idiom
strike it lucky
Meaning
To have unexpected good fortune.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He really struck it lucky with his first job.”
“We struck it lucky when we found a cheap apartment in the city center.”
“After years of persistent failure, the young inventor finally struck it lucky when a major firm offered to buy his patent.”
Examples
simple
“He really struck it lucky with his first job.”
contextual
“We struck it lucky when we found a cheap apartment in the city center.”
complex
“After years of persistent failure, the young inventor finally struck it lucky when a major firm offered to buy his patent.”
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