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• Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
  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.

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

"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

I kept her for luck: the lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

From Dr. Breen's Practice by Howells, William Dean

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.