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.
It was often said by a photographer when he would like small children to look at the camera and smile before he took a photo.
When the photographer said “watch the birdie”, all of us looked at the camera and smiled.