lucky breaks
Unexpected good turns
Lucky breaks are fortunate opportunities or favorable turns of events that seem to come by chance rather than effort: She got a few lucky breaks early in her career.
The phrase often appears in discussions of success, acknowledging that achievement involves not just talent and hard work but also circumstances beyond one's control.
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- luck of the drawOutcome beyond control
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- big breakCareer-making opportunity
opportunity · golden opportunity · fortunes · godsend · catching a break · fortuity · happenstance · chance · breakthrough · happy accident · synchronicity · stroke of luck · providence · kismet · twist of fate · blessing in disguise · jackpot · fortune smiles
- art storiesstarving artist, commissioned work
- talestale, funny stories, tall tales, short story, yarns
- unpredictablessurprises, chance, randomness, uncertainty, unpredictables
lucky breaksmisfortunes
Instances of bad luck
bad luck · setbacks · hard knocks · raw deals · calamities
lucky breakshard work
Sustained strenuous effort
blood sweat and tears · paying one's dues · self-made success · just deserts · merit