luck of the draw | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Therandomproduction or occurrence offavorableorunfavorableresults.Synonyms:chance,happenstance,fortuityShe got a big winner [ticket for a large prize]. It was theluck of the draw!She got a real dud. Well, that's theluck of the drawfor you.1973, Sheila Sutcliffe,Martello Towers,→ISBN,page63:[A] dry ditch or moat . . . should have been constructed around towers in particularly exposed or vulnerable positions but in some cases it seems that they were selected by theluck of the draw.1996May 21, Carey Goldberg, “Best-Selling Author, but Not at Home”, inNew York Times, retrieved8 June 2013:[I]s it merely theluck of the drawthat turns some novels into blockbusters and others of equal merit into also-rans?2005August 10, “What You Need to Know on Smoking and Lung Cancer”, inTime:If you've never been a smoker and you develop lung cancer, how did you get it? Is it genetics, environment, radon,luck of the draw?

Examples:

EN: It looks like our clan had the worst luck of the draw.
ES: Parece que nuestro clan ha tenido la peor suerte en el sorteo.
EN: Nothing personal, just luck of the draw.
ES: - Nada personal, cuestión de suerte.
EN: The luck of the draw, madame.
ES: Nos los hemos puesto al azar.
EN: Well, it was the luck of the draw.
ES: Porque fue la que te toco en suerte.
EN: I'm afraid you'll have to take the luck of the draw.
ES: - No tengo adversario. - En efecto.
EN: And will he? Only if he beats his opponent. The luck of the draw.
ES: Insiste siempre en jugar contra el Dr. Adams, y siempre a la misma hora:
EN: It's the luck of the draw.
ES: Es el destino.
EN: Confidence luck of the draw.
ES: Se da es solo suerte.
EN: Alex, I do not want to spend my weekend sitting in some dark, smoky room with some desperate, driven gamblers just obsessed with the idea of making a few miserable bucks by the luck of the draw.
ES: Alex, no quiero pasar el fin de semana sentada en un lugar oscuro y lleno de humo con apostadores desesperados obsesionados con la idea de ganar unos miserables dólares por la suerte de principiante.
EN: The luck of the draw.
ES: ¡Qué suerte!
EN: Gray, that's just the luck of the draw.
ES: Gray, que es sólo la suerte del sorteo.
EN: I'm sorry Sandy, it's the luck of the draw.
ES: Lo siento, Sandy. No puedo hacer nada.
EN: A luck of the draw, cosmically.
ES: Una cuestión de azar cósmico.
EN: Starting order for all teams will be luck of the draw.
ES: El orden de partida para todos los equipos se librará a la suerte.
EN: Just the luck of the draw.
ES: Es pura suerte, nada más.

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