piece of luck
Fortune smiling briefly
A piece of luck is a fortunate occurrence or stroke of good fortune: Finding that apartment was a real piece of luck.
The phrase treats luck as something that comes in discrete portions—you get a piece of it, not the whole thing.
Often appears with modifiers: What a piece of luck that we ran into each other.
- twist of fateUnexpected reversal of fortune
- jackpotAccumulated gambling prize
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- golden ticketPass granting rare access
- fortuneWealth or destiny
fluke · synchronicity · serendipity · lottery ticket · blessing · blessing in disguise · silver lining · opportunity · coincidence · chance · four-leaf clover · success · reward · happy accident · chance encounter · shooting star · break · horseshoe