stroke of luck | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)An instance ofunexpectedluck, usuallygood luck.2022August 24, Bruce Healey, “Wartime tunnel crash: a miraculous escape”, inRAIL, number964, page52:What makes this accident so significant is that Hunt's southbound goods train was loaded with ammunition bound for the First World War battle zone. The majorstroke of luckwas that the 39 trucks loaded with ammunition did not explode as a result of the collision, and that there was no fire from cinders from either engine or from the stoves in the brake vans.

Examples:

EN: - Mac, it's a stroke of luck.
ES: - Mac, es un golpe de suerte. - ¿Cómo?
EN: Boy, you had a stroke of luck.
ES: Chico, vaya suerte que has tenido.
EN: She figures this is a stroke of luck.
ES: Creerá que ha sido un día afortunado.
EN: - Here's a real stroke of luck.
ES: -He ahí un golpe de suerte.
EN: Jacques, you've had a stroke of luck.
ES: Jacques, has tenido suerte.
EN: I had one stroke of luck that day, however.
ES: Sin embrago, aquel día tuve suerte.
EN: That's right I had a stroke of luck, come into a bit of money Money?
ES: Así es, tuve un golpe de suerte, me hice con un poco de dinero
EN: There's a stroke of luck, coming down in a neutral country when I was all ready to be concentrated in a German concentration camp.
ES: Qué suerte, caer en un país neutral. Yo me estaba preparando para el campo de concentración.
EN: This is a stroke of luck Meeting you like this.
ES: Qué suerte que la haya conocido aquí.
EN: What a stroke of luck!
ES: ¡Sue! ¡Esto sí que es tener suerte!
EN: A stroke of luck you might say.
ES: Fue un golpe de suerte.
EN: A stroke of luck, finding you here Johnny. I tried to reach you today about the Maxwell deal.
ES: Qué suerte encontrarte aquí, quería hablarte sobre el trato con Maxwell.
EN: What a stroke of luck.
ES: ¿Aquí?
EN: Great stroke of luck.
ES: Un golpe de suerte.
EN: By a stroke of luck I saw an ad for a small apartment.
ES: Por un golpe de suerte vi un anuncio de un pequeño apartamento.

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