as luck would have it
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5.4
- idiom
- Informal
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por casualidad
- As luck would have it, I missed the bus, but my friend was passing by and gave me a ride.
- as luck would have it, we found
And he's also the editor in chief, as luck would have it, of the journal Intelligence.
- And he's also the editor in chief, as luck would have it, of the journal Intelligence.
- Anyway, it turns out, as luck would have it, they do have a slot.
- And you, you just, you know, as luck would have it, that's the two theaters that Quest opened in.
- And this is when YouTube was sort of new, you know, and, and it just, we just as luck would have it, there were enough cat people out there that it started to go viral.
- But as luck would have it, somewhere along the line, she was introduced to another lifestyle and that was to the form of Hinduism.
Examples
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But as luck would have it, a vacancy has suddenly appeared.
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And as luck would have it, his schedule just opened up.
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However, as luck would have it, I knew someone who did.
Academic text (1991) -
Which, as luck would have it, is exactly what we did.
Blog text (32) -
But as luck would have it, that would not be a problem.
Blog text (13) -
Anyway, it turns out, as luck would have it, they do have a slot.
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'Cause as luck would have it, I'm available.
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And as luck would have it, your initials match.
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As luck would have it, my mother approached him just then with the tray.
Fiction book (1998) -
As luck would have it, the Mavericks are playing three games this week while I am home.
Blog text (20)
Synonyms
425
2.5
By good luck, things turn out well
284
1.0
By good chance in a way that turns out well
4
7.5
By lucky chance when something happens unexpectedly
By chance something happens, often in a good or bad way
Antonyms
How Lucky
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's core meaning ('happening by chance') is signalled by the noun 'luck', so a learner who knows the words can grasp that it refers to chance; however the fixed archaic/modal pattern 'would have it' is idiomatic and syntactically unusual for a B1 learner, so the exact pragmatic usage and nuance may not be fully predictable. Cross-linguistic equivalents for 'by chance/fortunately' exist, which helps, but the construction remains partially idiomatic rather than fully compositional.
Etymology
As luck would have it imagines luck as if it were a person who could 'choose' to give you something. That's why we use it to say that something happened 'by chance' or 'fortunately'.