pennies from heaven

Unexpected good fortune, a windfall, as in They sent back our check-pennies from heaven. This expression may have originated with a song and motion picture so named (1936), popularized by Bing Crosby.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tifawt	-	Northern African, Berber
Esther	ES-tər (English, Dutch), es-TER (French)	English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Lati
Ruadh	-	Irish, Scottish
Nella	NEL-lah	Italian
Ghjulia	-	Corsican
Sung-Jin	sung-jeen	Korean