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
Rina (4)ṙee-nahJapanese
Mehdi-Persian
Narcisa-Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Romanian
Opheliao-FEEL-yə (English)English, Literature
Brigida-Italian, Spanish
Absolonab-so-LAWNFrench