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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 luckI don't know.

2. With any luckLuck outFor luckI don't know, 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 pushed our lucktook pot lucklucked outI don't know !

4. Thanks, dad, for letting me go out tonight even though I've been grounded. Can I borrow the car, too? - Don't take pot luckluck outpush your luckI don't know, 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 luckI don't know at university.

6. I found this shiny penny on the ground. I'm going to put it in my pocket with any luckfor luckno such luckI don't know !

7. Did your friend ever find a job? - No, he's still in luckdown on his luckluckyI don't know 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 luckbeginner's luckno such luckI don't know !

9. Do you have any tickets available for that concert? I heard it was sold out. - Well, as luck would have itfor luckbe in luckI don't know, I have one ticket left!

10. She spent hours detailing to me her no-such-luck storybad-luck storyhard-luck storyI don't know and about all the terrible things that had happened to her.

11. This is in luckjust my luckluckyI don't know 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 judgmentas luck would have itwith any luckI don't know. 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 in luckjust in luckout of luckI don't know.

14. -Mum, I didn't get high marks on my test. -You did your best, Henry. You should be proud of yourself. Better luck next timeJust in luckMore by luck than judgmentI don't know !

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 itI don't know.