pennies from heaven
Luck raining down
Pennies from heaven are unexpected good fortune or small blessings arriving without effort—as if dropped from the sky by providence.
The phrase often describes modest windfalls: Finding that twenty in my coat pocket felt like pennies from heaven.
It can also refer more broadly to any welcome surprise or unearned luck.
- jackpotAccumulated gambling prize
- lucky breakUnforeseen favorable occurrence
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
- mannaMiraculous sustenance from heaven
- act of GodUnforeseeable natural catastrophe
fortune · good fortune · benediction · grace · coincidence · charity · divine favor · providence · lottery · inheritance · found money · Bing Crosby · Broadway musicals · philanthropy · jazz standards · song and dance · chance · silver lining
pennies from heavenblood money
Payment tied to death
sweat equity · earned income · wages · just deserts · nose to the grindstone
pennies from heavenbad luck
Unfavorable chance events
misfortune · divine punishment · hard knocks · jinx · hex
pennies from heavenmoney pit
Endlessly expensive undertaking
death by a thousand cuts · nickel and dimed · rainy day · taking a bath · going broke