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the gods smile on someone

the gods smile on someone phrase: someone experiences good fortune, success, or well-being.

Phrase

the gods smile on someone

  1. (idiomatic) Someone experiences good fortune, success, or well-being.
    • Yet if [Dustin] Johnson's day was misery complete, then [Graeme] McDowell's was the very essence of joy. "I just can't explain how I feel right now. I said before the round started that if the golfing gods smile on me I might win this trophy. And they did," he said afterwards.2010 June 10, Lawrence Donegan, “Graeme McDowell stays strong to take US Open title”, in The Guardian
    • "A month later, he reappeared. ‘Hey! How are you? Sorry about the lack of contact. That virus was nasty. Fancy that second date?’ HOORAH THE DATING GODS HAVE SMILED UPON ME, I thought.[…]"2019 October 23, Hayley Quinn, Paisley Gilmour, “An essential guide to 'zombieing' - the dating trend that's worse than ghosting”, in Cosmopolitan

Forms of the gods smile on someone

alternative formthe gods smile upon someone
alternative formthe gods smile down on someone
alternative formthe gods smile down upon someone

Questions about the gods smile on someone

What does the gods smile on someone mean?
The gods smile on someone means someone experiences good fortune, success, or well-being.
What part of speech is the gods smile on someone?
The gods smile on someone is a phrase.

Words near the gods smile on someone in the dictionary

  1. the genie is out of the bottle
  2. the genie's out of the bottle
  3. the ghost walks
  4. the girls are fighting
  5. The Glen
  6. the gods smile on someone
  7. the good die young
  8. the good doctor
  9. the good doctors
  10. The Gorge
  11. the grapes are sour anyway

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