lucky duckling
- noun
- /ˈlʌki ˈdʌklɪŋ/
- Informal
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afortunado
- Everyone called her a lucky duckling after she won the lottery twice.
Examples
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He’s the lucky duckling who always manages to find free parking downtown.
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You’re such a lucky duckling to get front row tickets to the concert!
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She is such a lucky duckling!
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Mark feels like a lucky duckling after winning the lottery.
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Everyone called her a lucky duckling after she won the lottery twice.
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He’s the lucky duckling who always manages to find free parking downtown.
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You’re such a lucky duckling to get front row tickets to the concert!
Synonyms
2
5.8
A person who has very good luck
Antonyms
How Lucky
- Informal
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
lucky + duckling
The overall meaning ('a person who is very fortunate') is directly built from 'lucky' (fortunate) combined with 'duckling' used as a playful/diminutive term; a learner who knows both words can infer the intended affectionate sense. The animal diminutive adds a colloquial, endearing nuance but does not create an unpredictable idiom, so the expression is compositionally transparent.
Etymology
Lucky duckling is an informal expression that may come from the playful image of a lucky small baby duck, a duckling, that always finds food or escapes trouble. So, calling someone a lucky duckling makes us think of a tiny creature that gets good things, which is why it means 'very fortunate' today.