| 单词 | the luck of the irish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe luck of the Irish the luck of the Irish: exceptional or surprising good luck, as associated with the Irish. Frequently in to have the luck of the Irish. Also occasionally in ironic use: very bad luck. ΚΠ 1904 Stanford Quad 5 77 It is alive with anecdotes of the luck of the Irish. 1913 H. Gordon River Motor Boat Boys on Mississippi 20 I wouldn't go out in a rowboat for a dozen fish suppers, but you seem to have the luck of the Irish on such occasions, so get to going! 1975 M. P. Motley Invisible Soldier iii. 165 That man had the luck of the Irish..! We came smack up against a mine field... John Long got out of his lead tank and walked ahead and guided us safely through that field. 1999 M. Lucashenko Hard Yards 221 It was the luck of the Irish, wasn't it, the way things happened to fuck you up. 2009 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 29 Sept. 48 [Aston] Villa must have the luck of the Irish... They only had to put the ball in the area and it would bounce off someone into the net. < as lemmas |
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