luck of the devil



luck of the devil

Also, luck of the Irish. Extraordinarily good fortune, as in You've the luck of the devil-that ball landed just on the line, or Winning the lottery-that's the luck of the Irish. These superstitious attributions of good fortune date from the first half of the 1900s.
See also: devil, luck, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GraŻYnagrah-ZHI-nahPolish
Handan-Turkish
Awotwi-Western African, Akan
Sampson (1)-Biblical Greek
Erasmos-Ancient Greek
Bahiyya-Arabic