单词 | lucky dog |
释义 | > as lemmaslucky dog lucky dog n. colloquial a person considered by others to have more good luck than might be expected. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > fortunate person or thing > fortunate person Sunday daughtera1350 white hen1540 fortunateling1605 fortunate1615 lucky dog1682 Sunday child1800 tin-back1899 1682 Popish Hunt after Protestant Plot 2 By the Popes Toe, thou art a lucky Dog; for, as to the business you now mention, you could never have come in a better time. 1768 Adventures Miss Lucy Watson iii. 9 Thou wert a lucky dog to discover it; and I thank thee for the instruction. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xii. 147 He has come into his property... He's a lucky dog. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 604 You were a lucky dog if they didn't set the terrier at you directly you got back. 2006 C. Higson Blood Fever xv. 197 Im-m-agine you getting the chance to drive a Hispano-Suize, you lucky dog. < as lemmas |
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