Phrases.com »

Phrases related to: try one's luck

Yee yee! We've found 4,025 phrases and idioms matching try one's luck.

Sort:RelevancyA - Z
try one's luckTo make a risky attempt.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heartRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
try to top that one!When one excels often and in a high degree, there is naturally a strong feeling of achievement. The proud winner may chide and challenge his associates and peers.Rate it:

(4.00 / 4 votes)
try as one mayhowever hard one tries; despite one's best effortsRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
try as one mightAlternative form of try as one mayRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
try one's handTo attempt a skill, craft, or trade.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
try out one's own chopsTo produce one's own records with one's own vocals.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
push one's luckTo take an excessive risk or to attempt some task unlikely to succeed, especially after having already been unexpectedly lucky.Rate it:

(4.00 / 1 vote)
down on one's luckUnlucky or undergoing a period of bad luck, especially with respect to financial matters.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ride one's luckTo avoid failure only by good fortune.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
as she's as cold as a witchscold as a witch's tit!Very, very cold!!Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
don't count your chickens before they're hatchedYou should not count on something before it happens.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
old college tryA vigorous, committed attempt or effort.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
give something a tryTo try or attempt.Rate it:

(3.50 / 2 votes)
don't try this at homeA caution that the activity being described or demonstrated is not safe.Rate it:

(3.00 / 2 votes)
try onBy wearing it.Rate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
try to get on first!An encouraging expression to others to attempt a seemingly impossible task. The leader asks the crew to give it their best and try the "baseball theme".Rate it:

(1.00 / 1 vote)
don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggsDon't presume to give advice to those who are more experienced.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
give it the old college tryAn American Expression'; Give It The Traditional College Student's Focused, Determined Attempt Toward Achieving The Goal!Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
try it onTo test someone to see how much bad behaviour they will tolerate; to try to deceive someone to see how gullible they are.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
try it onTo try to start a sexual relationship.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
try outTo undergo a test before being selected for a team etc.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
try outTo test something in order to see if it works.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
try to get someone 'off'Plead for leniency, assume an advocacy position, request to be excused, ask to have the misdemeanor overlooked.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
beginner's luckrefers to the supposed phenomenon of novices experiencing disproportionate frequency of success or succeeding against an expert in a given activity. One would expect experts to outperform novices - when the opposite happens it is counter-intuitive, hence the need for a term to describe this phenomenon.Rate it:

(4.00 / 1 vote)
streak of good luckA series of lucky events.Rate it:

(4.00 / 1 vote)
good luck with thatAn expression wishing someone success in an unlikely enterprise.Rate it:

(3.00 / 2 votes)
luck of the drawA selection rife with low odds of winning. A game of chance. Luck associated with one's propensity for winning.Rate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
shit out of luckCompletely out of luck; in unfortunate circumstances such that all options for achieving one's goal are exhausted; unlucky; screwed.Rate it:

(2.00 / 1 vote)
as luck may have itby chance, luckilyRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
as luck would have itAs it happened; how it turned out; by good fortune; fortunately or luckily.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
bad luckill-fortuneRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
be in luckTo be lucky in getting something that one wants.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
best of luckUsed to express hopes that someone does well in a new endeavor.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
devil's luckastounding good luck.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dumb luckpure chance; luckRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
luck inTo experience good luck; to be fortunate or lucky.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
luck intoto find by chance, to chance uponRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
luck of the drawThe random production of favorable or unfavorable results; chance.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
luck outTo experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
luck outTo have run out of luck.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
out of luckExperiencing a temporary misfortune.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
shit out of luckWhen one has attempted to gain something, either tangible or not, and the attempt failed, either through denial, missed opportunity, etc.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Alternative searches for try one's luck:

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
Love at _______ sight.
A first
B earliest
C last
D second

Browse Phrases.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ