gifts from the gods
Heaven-sent good fortune
Gifts from the gods are things received through extraordinary good fortune rather than effort or merit.
The phrase treats luck as divine favor: Finding that apartment was a gift from the gods.
It often carries a note of grateful disbelief—the blessing seems too perfect to be coincidental.
- ambrosiaGods' immortality-granting food
- thunderboltElectric sky discharge with boom
- sacred flamePerpetual religious fire
- Holy GrailLegendary cup from scripture
- nectarFloral sugar water
golden apple · eternal youth · Ark of the Covenant · wisdom · eloquence · courage · fertile soil · resilience · manna · breath of life · healing touch · fire · intuition · Excalibur · cornucopia · artistry · leadership · sacred music
gifts from the godssweat equity
Unpaid work as investment
self-reliance · elbow grease · pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps
gifts from the godsdivine punishment
Judgment from a deity
divine retribution · divine wrath · damnation · Pandora's box · afflictions
gifts from the godscruel fate
Unkind predetermined outcome
misfortune · bad luck · crosses to bear · trials and tribulations · afflictions