lucky star
English
Etymology
From the ancient idea that stars affect human lives.
Pronunciation
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Noun
lucky star (plural lucky stars)
- (idiomatic) Something that appears to give a person luck
- 1903, E. Nesbit, The Man with the Boots:
- The young man's lucky star shone full on him, and dazzled him to a seeming indiscretion.
- 1889, Fanny Chambers Gooch, Face to Face With the Mexicans:
- If exiled, he went without remonstrance, confident that his lucky star would again lead him to the front, and with fertile brain every ready to plan a revolution or arrange a coup d'état.
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Derived terms
- count one's lucky stars
- under a lucky star
- thank one's lucky stars
Translations
something that appears to give a person luck
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