luck of the draw
Pure random chance
Luck of the draw refers to outcomes determined by chance rather than skill or planning.
The phrase comes from card games, where the cards you receive are random.
It now applies to any situation where results depend on factors beyond your control: Whether you get a good teacher is luck of the draw.
It's just the luck of the draw that I ended up in this department.
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- happenstanceUnplanned circumstance
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
lottery · hand · crapshoot · game of chance · fortuity · wild card · contingency · spin · risk · fluke · pick · random selection · serendipity · roll of the dice · deal · odds · arbitrary · unpredictability
- luckgood fortune, misfortune, fortune smiles, fortune favors, charmed life
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
luck of the drawskill
Acquired ability through practice
hard work · merit · deliberate choice · effort · talent
luck of the drawcertainty
Total absence of doubt
foregone conclusion · sure thing · inevitability · guarantee · destiny
luck of the drawby design
Done with intent
intentional · calculated · premeditated · engineered · orchestrated
draw, luck, lucky, unlucky, luckily, luckless, potluck, unluckily, luckiness