Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal, sarcastic)It is highly doubtful: indicating that something is not likely to happen to the person specified.

Examples

18 sentences

  1. I'm one of the lucky ones.

    ruЯ один из счастливчиков. — marafon

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  2. Tom was one of the lucky ones.

    ruТом был одним из везунчиков. — Karok

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  3. Tom is one of the lucky ones.

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  4. Tom was one of the lucky few.

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  5. I'm truly one of the lucky ones.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

Calque of Yiddish מען זאָל זיין אזוי מזלדיק (men zol zeyn azoy mazldik, “one should be so

Calque of Yiddish מען זאָל זיין אזוי מזלדיק (men zol zeyn azoy mazldik, “one should be so lucky”)

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Forms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
oneA1one'sonenessonerousonesie

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