one should be so lucky

one should be so lucky

English

Alternative forms

• one will be lucky

Phrase

one should be so lucky

1. (informal, sarcastic) It is highly doubtful: indicating that something is not likely to happen to the person specified.

   A pay increase? You should be so lucky!

Translations

it is highly doubtful

Czech: zlatý voči! Hungarian: azt megnézem magamnak!, (ugyan/vajon) mikor lesz/van neked olyan/akkora szerencséd? Spanish: no caerá esa breva

See also

• chance'd be a fine thing
• one should live so long

Further reading

• “one should be so lucky”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “I should be so lucky” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “you should be so lucky” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.