thank one's lucky stars

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Etymology

From the belief that it is the alignment of the stars which brings about good fortune.

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thank one's lucky stars (third-person singular simple present thanks one's lucky stars, present participle thanking one's lucky stars, simple past and past participle thanked one's lucky stars)

  1. (idiomatic) To be grateful, feel oneself fortunate, consider oneself lucky (especially in avoiding some calamity).
    Synonym: thank one's stars
    • 2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 31:
      He thanked his lucky stars he had brought the extra heavy duty conduits in that morning.

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