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  Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

  Misfortune does not occur twice in the same way to the same person.
• lightning never strikes twice in the same place
  lightning never strikes twice in the same place

  The same misfortune will never recur, as in Go ahead and try your luck investing in options again; lightning never strikes twice. This saying is based on a long-standing myth, which has been proved to be untrue. Nevertheless, it is so well known it is often shortened, as in the example. [Mid-1800s]

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

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1. Misfortune does not occur twice in the same way to the same person.

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lightning never strikes twice in the same place Idioms  

1. The same misfortune will never recur, as in Go ahead and try your luck investing in options again; lightning never strikes twice. This saying is based on a long-standing myth, which has been proved to be untrue. Nevertheless, it is so well known it is often shortened, as in the example. [Mid-1800s]

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In actuality, lightning can strike twice in the same place.

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"Lightning never strikes twice in the same place," he assured with a grim meaning for himself in the words.

From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Brinton, Davis

"Lightning never strikes twice in the same place," she said bravely.

From The Window at the White Cat by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

It is not hard to find the analogy in these expressions: "Lightning never strikes twice in the same place"; "Don't count your chickens before they are hatched"; "A fool and his money are soon parted."

From Practical Argumentation by Pattee, George K.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

From The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail by Patchin, Frank Gee

Superstitious, nervous spinsters bank on the old adage that lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

From Time Magazine Archive

They say," replied the scout with a smile, "that lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

From Scouting with Daniel Boone by Tomlinson, Everett T.

"Simply on the theory, my dear sir, that the lightning never strikes twice in the same place."

From That Mainwaring Affair by Barbour, A. Maynard (Anna Maynard)

"Don't be a goose, Aunt Sally," comforted Peggy; "don't you know that lightning never strikes twice in the same place?"

From The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly by Burnham, Margaret

"You are perfectly safe so long as you remain here," I laughed; "you know the lightning never strikes twice in the same place."

From A Day of Fate by Roe, Edward Payson