twist of fate
Unexpected life turn
A twist of fate is an unexpected turn of events that significantly alters someone's circumstances or the course of a situation.
The phrase implies that destiny or chance has intervened in surprising ways: By a twist of fate, the man who saved her life turned out to be her biological father.
Often the twist is ironic or poetically fitting.
- omenProphetic indicator
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- roll of the diceRandom chance outcome
- chance encounterUnintended crossing of paths
coincidence · fortune · serendipity · butterfly effect · turn · synchronicity · destiny · written in the stars · meant to be · fluke · deus ex machina · act of God · kismet · wild card · sliding doors · karma · happy accident · unexpected
- ironic twistspoetic justice, dramatic irony, situational irony, tragic irony, reversal of fortune
- fatedestiny, kismet, Moira, fated, Norns
- fate and chanceluck, destiny, fortune, coincidence, randomness
- fortunelucky, luck, fortune, destiny, jinxed
- coincidencescoincidence, happenstance, fluke, serendipity, synchronicity
- turn phrasesabout face, turn the tables, turn a blind eye, turn over a new leaf, turn the corner
twist of fateforegone conclusion
Result assumed beforehand
natural consequence · sure thing · certainty · matter of course · business as usual
twist of fatedeliberate choice
Decision made on purpose
conscious decision · strategic move · self-determination · just deserts · natural consequences
twist of fatestraight path
Undeviating linear route
steady course · linear progression · smooth sailing · even keel · status quo
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