| 单词 | some people have all the luck |
| 释义 | > as lemmassome people have all the luck a. to have all the luck: to have more good fortune or success than is considered likely or fair. Often in some people have all the luck. ΚΠ 1680 Politick Whore ii, in Muse New-Market 49 Mock. He'll go to hanging as soon. Sir. Cor. No, no; we loving souls have all the luck. 1778 F. Burney Evelina II. xv. 124 Loud laughs proceeded from every mouth, and two or three said, ‘Willoughby has all the luck!’ 1866 Bentley's Misc. 1 Jan. 44 Hang it! those big fellows have all the luck; she's the prettiest woman I ever saw in this hole. 1896 Pick-me-up 23 May 118/1 Three brand-new babies in the house, and the happy father was thousands of miles away. Really, some men seem to have all the luck. 1947 ‘P. Wentworth’ Wicked Uncle ii. 11 ‘Some people have all the luck,’ said Miss Lane in a heartfelt manner. 1992 J. Critchley Floating Voter 74 A bloke had been given the job of presiding over England's most famous girls' school... Some people have all the luck. 2005 C. Burke Lee Miller i. i. 9 John..formed the opinion that girls had all the luck. < as lemmas |
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