To push your luck In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "to push your luck", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Tommy Tran calendar 2021-03-14 08:03

Meaning of To push your luck (redirected from push your luckpush it/things )

Synonyms:

throw caution to the winds , run the risk

Push your luckpush it/things informal verb phrase

The verb "push" can be replaced by "press". The phrase is usually used in its negative form, as in don't push your luck.

To do something risky and may cause trouble

Despite being the favorite student of the class, I wouldn't push my luck to upset the teacher when she's angry.

Don't push it or you'll get punished!

I think you’re pushing your luck if I ask him for help.

Other phrases about:

take a flyer (on something)

If you take a flyer (on something), you take a chance, risk, or gamble on it.

Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush

This proverb advise you already have your own valuable thing, so you don't need to take the risk of getting something better, which may cause you to lose everything.

take (one's) chances

1. To grab or make the most of the opportunities when they happens or exists

2. When you take your chances, you take a risk because you may fail.

throw/cast caution to the wind(s)

To do something without considering risks, threats, or consequences

risk (one's) neck

To do something harmful or dangerous to one's health and life

 

Grammar and Usage of Push your luckpush it/things

Verb Forms

  • pushed your luck
  • pushes it
  • pushing your luck

The verb "push" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Push your luckpush it/things

The origin of this expression is unclear but it's believed to come from a dice game known as "Klahc" or "Lokh." Players who rolled a good roll (two ox-heads and one sword showing among the four dice) had the option to hit the remaining dice with a curved stick. If it also came up a sword, they will win double, but if not, their turn ended immediately. Players who took this gamble were said to be "Nolkhahn ti Klahcnu," which was roughly translated as "pushing at a game of Klahc." The late 19th-century British explorers who compiled the first systematic Uyghur lexicons decided that "Klahc" came from the same Indo-European word-root as "luck," and called the game itself "luck." Although that is incorrect, the phrase has entered the English vocabulary since then.

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