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“luck”
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As good luck would have it
Meaning … 'good' has faded in the shortened everyday form 'as luck would have it', which now introduces unlucky turns just as readily as lucky ones, often with dry or ironic understatement. Conversational and slightly…
Also known as as chance would have it · as ill luck would have it · as luck would have it
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Third time lucky
Meaning Said to express or encourage the belief that a third attempt will succeed where the first two failed - sometimes as genuine confidence, sometimes as a reassuring formula spoken just before trying again. It is…
Also known as Third time is the charm · Third time's a charm · Third time's lucky · Third time's the charm
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Where there's muck there's brass
Meaning Dirty, unpleasant or unglamorous work can produce worthwhile profit or prosperity. Informal and often approving of practical enterprise, though it can also criticize profit made from pollution or squalor…
Also known as Where there's muck there's luck · Where there's muck there's money