Idiom
win the lottery
Meaning
To experience an extraordinary or highly fortunate event.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Finding this apartment was like winning the lottery.”
“Getting a job offer from such a famous company feels like I won the lottery.”
“She felt as though she had won the lottery when the rare manuscript she sought appeared in the small shop.”
Examples
simple
“Finding this apartment was like winning the lottery.”
contextual
“Getting a job offer from such a famous company feels like I won the lottery.”
complex
“She felt as though she had won the lottery when the rare manuscript she sought appeared in the small shop.”
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