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.

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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]

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Etymology

Origin of beginner's luck

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The classes, part of the Grow LA Vegetable Garden Initiative, are designed to help beginners learn how to start a vegetable garden in containers, yards or community garden plots.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2022

“Control the kite at all times,” Sandell said, repeating the most important thing beginners learn, the most important thing experienced boarders remember.

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2015

Mengert, who lives in Arizona in the winter, occasionally hits balls on the range and is working on a Snoopy golf instruction book that will help beginners learn the game.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2010

The beginners learn to recognize and hum simple tunes, are made to associate the melodies with the movement of a bow and fingers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Experiments have shown clearly that beginners learn to make it most easily in this way, and the process may be further simplified by dividing it into two parts, thus, .

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson