Idiom
stroke of luck
Meaning
An instance of unexpected luck, usually good luck.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Finding that money was a real stroke of luck.”
“It was a stroke of luck that I found my lost keys right before the meeting.”
“By a remarkable stroke of luck, the traveler arrived at the station just as the last train was departing.”
Examples
simple
“Finding that money was a real stroke of luck.”
contextual
“It was a stroke of luck that I found my lost keys right before the meeting.”
complex
“By a remarkable stroke of luck, the traveler arrived at the station just as the last train was departing.”
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