Luck of the irish

This is an American phrase, not an Irish one. It’s an insult to Irish people that was coined during gold mining when a lot of Irish people arrived to make money suggesting they were stupid.

The idea was that if an Irish person could find gold then it was if to say, only by sheer luck, as opposed to brains, could these fools succeed.
-He got his promotion at work
-That’s the luck of the Irish for you
by cupantae94 August 06, 2019
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Numb Luck

When you hurt yourself in such a terrible way that you'd be lucky if you went numb.
Ryan closed the door, unaware that a yeti had just broke all of his fingernails back, as well as snapped both of his legs into right angles to the sides. The yeti then bashed Ryan's skull in the door 8 times, causing Ryan to spit up blood and 4 teeth. Ryan couldn't feel anything from the neck down after the yeti had broken his spine.
"Haha, I guess you could say this was Numb Luck! Ha!" Mumbled Ryan.
by The Darkone November 14, 2016
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