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Jimmy Hung
2022-01-19 11:01
To thank one's lucky stars verb phrase
This idiom is often used to express thankfulness or gratitude for one's good luck while avoiding a bad situation.
I nearly bumped into a car in the next lane. You know! I could easily have been in a very bad accident. I should count your lucky stars.
All the people in that bus counted their lucky stars since no one was hurt after the bad accident.
To be thankful or grateful for one's good luck usually while avoiding a bad situation
A normally unreliable person can still be right about something, even if it is only by accident.
It is used to say that someone is lucky.
Relying on guessing and luck
The verb "count" should be conjugated according to its tense.
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1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.
