looking for a metaphor
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- CygnusZero4
I need a metaphor or a well known phrase for good/bad luck, circumstances, taking your chances.
Similar to lady luck, the way the cookie crumbles, roll the dice.
Drawing a blank here.
- tFour0
"It's better to regret the things you have done, than to regret the things you haven't done."
- Fax_Benson0
touch wood
break a leg
albatross
- hans_glib0
chuck it up in the air, see what comes down
throw caution to the wind
carpe diem
toss of a coin- fortune favours the bravehans_glib
- < Isnt that one fortune favors the bold?CygnusZero4
- i know it as brave also.Hombre_Lobo
- Amicus0
The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. Wilson Mizner
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered. William Shakespeare
Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit. R.E. Shay
Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny. Don Sutton
Everything in life is luck. Donald Trump
Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. Mark Twain
Luck never gives; it only lends. Swedish Proverb
Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's. Mignon McLaughlin
Go and wake up your luck. Persian Saying
Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves. Larry King
Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent. Langston Coleman
It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned. Frank A. Clark
Luck never made a man wise. Seneca, Letters to Lucilius
Luck is when opportunity knocks and you answer. Anon
I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson
Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don't depend on it. Anon
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? Jean Cocteau
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. Harry Golden
- not quite metaphors, but these might get the brain working...Amicus
- harlequino0
when it rains it pours
if it weren't bad luck, i'd have no luck at all
- Amicus0
Luck be a lady tonight. Frank Loesser (as made famous by 'ol blue eyes, Frank Sinatra)
- CygnusZero40
Some good ones here, thanks peeps. Anyone got any others, looking to get as many as I possibly can.
- linearch0
the harder i work, the luckier i become.
- thomas jefferson
- omg0
man who sleeps with itchy ass, wakes up with smelly finger
- CygnusZero40
^ Topic over, Im going with that!
- cannonball19780
Who dares wins
- IRNlun60
If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.
- misterhow0
Fortune favors the bold.
- whatthefunk0
You are guaranteed to miss 100% of the shots you never take.
- misterhow0
Fights like a lion
Put the nail in the coffin
The straw that broke the camel's back
Caught with his pants down
Wet behind the ears
-Milk on his lips
Quiet as a mouse
Proud as a Peacock
Tighten up the screws