strike it lucky

(British, American & Australian) also strike lucky (British & Australian)

to suddenly have some good luck They struck it lucky with their second album which became an immediate best-seller.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Narses	-	Ancient Persian (Hellenized)
Borys	BAW-ris (Polish)	Polish, Ukrainian
Giorgi	-	Georgian
Falk	-	German
Aesop	EE-sahp (English)	Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Yannis	-	Greek