If we could all be so lucky
What does 'If we could all be so lucky' mean, please?
So, where are you from, Miss Walls? I think I detect a slight twang in there somewhere.
Miss Walls's fiance: Jeannette grew up in Virginia surrounded by trees and fields of wild flowers. If we all be so lucky.
The Glass Castle, movie
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The expression is "we should all be so lucky", meaning that she was lucky to have had such a childhood, to the extent that everyone else would be fortunate to have had one just like it. You have typed it two different ways, so I am guessing that you misheard.
- The expression is "we should all be so lucky", meaning that she was lucky to have had such a childhood, to the extent that everyone else would be fortunate to have had one just like it.
- You have typed it two different ways, so I am guessing that you misheard.
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The expression is "we should all be so lucky", meaning that she was lucky to have had such a childhood, to the extent that everyone else would be fortunate to have had one just like it. You have typed it two different ways, so I am guessing that you misheard.
0From your question, I assume that the quote should read:
Tara2Miss Walls's fiance: Jeannette grew up in Virginia surrounded by trees and fields of wild flowers. If we could all be so lucky.
This apparently expresses a wish or desire. The more usual way to say this is "If only we could all be so lucky".
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