good luck charm
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2.9
- noun
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talismán
- The team believes that their coach is a good luck charm for winning games.
Examples
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"They're my good-luck charm," he explains.
Fiction book (1993) -
She's my good luck charm.
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And at that time, my good luck charm is my son.
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Be our good luck charm.
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I kind of think of you as my good luck charm, Babe.
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so she's kind of a good luck charm.
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He's our good luck charm.
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Nothing can happen to me, he said, because you're my good luck charm, right?
Fiction book (1993) -
You're supposed to be my good luck charm, Deek.
Fiction book (1993) -
YOU'RE MY GOOD LUCK CHARM.
Synonyms
7
3.5
Someone or something that brings good luck
Antonyms
How Lucky
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'good' + 'luck' + 'charm' in a directly compositional way: a 'charm' that brings 'good luck', so a learner who knows 'luck' and 'charm' can infer an object (and by extension a person) that brings good fortune. This metaphoric extension to a person is predictable and cross-linguistically common, making the expression immediately comprehensible to B1 learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Good luck charm can also mean a person who seems to bring luck. People call someone a good luck charm when their being there makes things go well, so the person is like a living charm for 'good luck'.