good luck

Idioms  

1. Good fortune or a happy outcome, especially by chance. For example, It was sheer good luck that brought this offer my way , or, as Shakespeare put it in The Merry Wives of Windsor (3:5): “As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page.” [Late 1400s]

2. Also, good luck to you . I wish you success. This term is used both straightforwardly, as in Good luck on your journey , and sarcastically, implying that what someone is undertaking is not likely to succeed, as in If you think you'll find that long-lost letter, good luck to you .

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Example Sentences

It was a lot of people being very nice to us, wishing us good luck, sending tips, people that went through the same sharing stories.

From BBC

But good luck telling the Major at that moment.

From Literature

I kept thinking about that Old Man of the Mountains and the good luck that was supposed to be coming my way.

From Literature

“I got married Dec. 19 — maybe that’s my good luck charm,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

“But good luck finding any records. Or the pilot.”

From Literature