单词 | run of luck |
释义 | run of luckSEE SYNONYMS FOR run of luck ON THESAURUS.COM Also, run of bad luck. A continued spell of good (or bad) fortune, as in The builder had a run of luck with day after day of good weather, or Nothing was going right; he was having a long run of bad luck. Originally used mainly in games of chance, this idiom was first recorded in 1782, but the use of run for a continued spell of something dates from the late 1600s. Words nearby run of luckRunnymede, runoff, run off at the mouth, runoff primary, run off with, run of luck, run-of-paper, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, run-on, run one ragged The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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