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Expressions with the word LUCK

with (any) luck/with a bit of luck - used for saying that you hope a particular thing happens

a stroke of luck - when something happens or succeeds suddenly by luck

be in luck - experiencing a surprisingly good situation

be out of luck - unable to have or do something that you wanted

beginner's luck - unusual success that you have when you start doing something new

good/bad luck - when good/bad things happen to you

hard-luck story - a description of bad things that have happened to you that you tell someone in order to make them feel sorry for you

as luck would have it - by chance

be down on your luck - having a long period of difficulty finding work and earning money

the best of luck (with something) - used for wishing someone good luck in something they are trying to do

for luck - to do something that you think could make you lucky

just my (somebody's) luck - used for saying that something bad happened because you are not a lucky person

the luck of the draw - the fact that chance decides something, in a way that you cannot control

no such luck - used for saying that something good that might have happened did not happen

luck out - to be lucky

better luck next time - used to encourage somebody who has not been successful at something

some people have all the luck - used for saying that someone has more success than they deserve

try/chance your luck - to try to achieve something although you know you might not succeed

take pot luck - to choose something when you do not know what you will get and can only hope that it will be good

more by luck than judgment - by chance and not because of any special skill

push your luck - to try too hard to get a particular result and risk losing what you have achieved

  Good luck !

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1. We don't know anything about these restaurants. We'll just have to choose one and by any lucktake pot luckbe in luck.
2. With any luckLuck outFor luck, we'll be able to get this car repaired by morning.
3. How wonderful! They told us that our bags had been stolen. In actuality, they had only been misplaced. We really lucked outtook pot luckpushed our luck !
4. Thanks, dad, for letting me go out tonight even though I've been grounded. Can I borrow the car, too? - Don't luck outtake pot luckpush your luck, son !
5. It's time for me to leave now, mum and dad. I love you! - Goodbye, dear. We wish you some luckbe in luckthe best of luck at university.
6. I found this shiny penny on the ground. I'm going to put it in my pocket for luckno such luckwith any luck !
7. Did your friend ever find a job? - No, he's still in luckluckydown on his luck and can't find anything.
8. Ha, ha! I won the game even though I have never played before! - Don't be so smug. It was only with any luckno such luckbeginner's luck !
9. Do you have any tickets available for that concert? I heard it was sold out. - Well, for luckbe in luckas luck would have it, I have one ticket left!
10. She spent hours detailing to me her bad-luck storyhard-luck storyno-such-luck story and about all the terrible things that had happened to her.
11. This is in luckjust my lucklucky having my car break down on the way to an important meeting!
12. Yes, he passed the exam, but it was more by luck than judgmentwith any luckas luck would have it. His marks have been very low all year.
13. Oh no, we're too late! The candy store is closed. Sorry, children, but we're out of luckin luckjust in luck.
14. -Mum, I didn't get high marks on my test. -You did your best, Henry. You should be proud of yourself. More by luck than judgmentJust in luckBetter luck next time !
15. Oh, look at that car he has just won! I wish I had one like that! Gosh, some people have all the luckout of luckas luck would have it.