LUCKY

[adjective] -ier, -iestTo be lucky is to have good things happen to you by chance.She's one of those lucky people who always seems to get what she wants.We'll be lucky if we get there by midnight at this rate.You're lucky in having such a beautiful house.They're lucky to be able to afford to go on a world cruise.He's lucky that he wasn't fired.(informal) "How did you manage to get that job?" "I don't know, I guess I just got lucky."It sounds as if you had a lucky escape (= by good chance you were able to avoid something dangerous or unpleasant that very nearly happened).Today is my lucky day.She always wears a lucky charm (= one that she thinks will cause good things to happen by chance) on a chain round her neck.(informal) "Guess what, I just won a new car in a competition!" "You lucky thing!"(informal) Do you want to come to the party with us - you might get lucky (= meet someone with whom you can have a sexual and/or romantic relationship with). (informal) "She's going to ask the boss for a salary increase." "She'll be lucky (= She is not very likely to get what she wants)!"(UK informal) "Can you lend me £100?" "You'll be lucky (= It is very unlikely that you will get what you're asking for)!" (UK and ANZ) A lucky dip is a game in which you pay to pick a wrapped object out of a container filled with wrapped objects of various different values, hoping to get something of higher value than the amount you have paid.(informal) "Did your husband give you those earrings?" "I should be so lucky (= it is very unlikely that such a thing would happen)!"