单词 | it is good luck to |
释义 | > as lemmasit is good luck to P3. to be good luck: (of an action, event, thing, etc.) to be a sign of future success; to be auspicious or lucky. Usually with anticipatory it and infinitive as complement, as it is good luck to. ΚΠ 1576 T. Twyne Schoolemaster iv. viii. sig. Pii Of a knight that said, it was good lucke to meete a priest in a morning. 1658 H. Edmundson Comes Facundus in Via: Fellow-traveller 55 There is an old superstitious saying among common people, that if an Hare crosse the way it is bad luck, but if a Woolf it is good luck. 1809 E. Sandham Adventures of Poor Puss ii. iii. 129 It is good luck they say to have a strange cat come into your house. 1894 Cent. Mag. Apr. 960/2 Though 't is always good luck t' court Widdy McGee. 1916 Pedagogical Seminary Dec. 447 It is good luck to carry a rabbit's foot or a four-leaf clover. 1962 Western Folklore 21 102 A corn cob behind the ear is good luck. 2010 M. Caine Elephant to Hollywood xvii. 224 I have a superstition about mulberry trees: if you plant one and it grows it is good luck. < as lemmas |
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