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beginner's luck

American  

noun

  1. the initial good fortune or success commonly supposed to come to a person who has recently taken up a new pursuit, as a sport or game.

    Catching a large trout the first time you go fishing is simply beginner's luck.
beginner's luck Idioms  

  1. Good fortune in a first attempt or effort, as in I often use a brand-new recipe for a dinner party; I trust beginner's luck. [Late 1800s]

Etymology

Origin of beginner's luck

First recorded in 1895–1900

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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