have more luck than sense
have more luck than sense
To experience good fortune but lack intelligence. A: "How has that fool been able to make so much money?" B: "He obviously has more luck than sense."
See also: have, luck, more, sense
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
have more luck than sense
to be lucky but not intelligent. Jane went driving out into Death Valley without any water. She survived—she has more luck than sense. Tom: I like to drive ninety miles an hour on the freeway. Nobody's ever caught me. Mary: You have more luck than sense.
See also: have, luck, more, sense
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- blood money
- fool
- better a dollar earned than ten inherited
- money
- every fool thing
- a wise man of Gotham
- any fool can/could...
- any fool could (do something)
- come in out of the rain, know enough to
- shame