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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Can you 'be lucky in your misfortune'?
Is there something like this that is correct?
She is lucky in her misfortune. She's had a great deal of misfortune but is lucky in her misfortune in that she's able to get her life back on track.
She is lucky in her misfortune. She's had a great deal of misfortune but is lucky in her misfortune in that she's able to get her life back on track.
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I've heard the expression, but I'm not sure if it means what you have described, or if it means that what at first seemed to be unfortunate for her turned out to be beneficial. Edit. After Googling "lucky in misfortune," I have to conclude that your analysis is the correct one.
- I've heard the expression, but I'm not sure if it means what you have described, or if it means that what at first seemed to be unfortunate for her turned out to be beneficial.
- Edit.
- After Googling "lucky in misfortune," I have to conclude that your analysis is the correct one.
- Eg, someone cheated death -- had a bad accident through a piece of bad luck, but miraculously survived through an offsetting (balancing) piece of good luck.
- - A.
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I've heard the expression, but I'm not sure if it means what you have described,
or if it means that what at first seemed to be unfortunate for her turned out to be beneficial.
Edit. After Googling "lucky in misfortune," I have to conclude that your analysis is the correct one.
Eg, someone cheated death -- had a bad accident through a piece of bad luck,
or if it means that what at first seemed to be unfortunate for her turned out to be beneficial.
Edit. After Googling "lucky in misfortune," I have to conclude that your analysis is the correct one.
Eg, someone cheated death -- had a bad accident through a piece of bad luck,
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She is lucky in her misfortune. She had a bad accident through a piece of bad luck,
but miraculously survived through an offsetting piece of good luck.
Is She is lucky in her misfortune. an expression. Is it something people say word for word?
be lucky in one's misfortune or unluckiness.
but miraculously survived through an offsetting piece of good luck.
Is She is lucky in her misfortune. an expression. Is it something people say word for word?
be lucky in one's misfortune or unluckiness.
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AnonymousShe is lucky in her misfortune.My impression is that "lucky in misfortune" is the expression, just as "lucky in love" is an expression.
So you would say, "She is lucky in misfortune." Don't mess it up by adding the "her."
Anonymous Is it something people say word for word?Yes.
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