as luck would have it

Idioms  

1. How things turned out, as it happened, as in As luck would have it he missed his train, or The check arrived in time, as luck would have it. The luck referred to can mean either good fortune or bad. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

But as luck would have it, veteran English drummer Mick Fleetwood was auditioning studios for Fleetwood Mac’s next album.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025

Countries take it in turns to host its get togethers, and as luck would have it for Sir Keir, it is the UK’s go.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

But as luck would have it, his friend Marika Dalley Snider, an architectural historian at the University of Memphis, was working at the time on a digital reconstruction of the Karnak Temple in Egypt.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

He called me back and said, “OK, as luck would have it, my wife came up with someone.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

But as luck would have it, my algebra book wasn't entirely ruined.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank