lightning doesn't strike twice

lightning doesn't strike twice

proverb Something that's very extraordinary and unlikely to happen will never happen to the same person twice. (Said especially of tragic or unfortunate events.) I know you're scared to go back on a plane after that crash, but lightning doesn't strike twice.
See also: lightning, strike, twice
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lightning doesn't strike twice

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lightning never strikes twice

You say that lightning does not strike twice or lightning never strikes twice to say that someone who has been very lucky or unlucky is unlikely to have the same good or bad luck again. They say lightning doesn't strike twice but it did with Wanganeen following up his match-winning form with another great performance. It was as if Sara was somehow protected by the old `lightning never strikes twice' rule. Note: You can also say that lightning strikes twice or that lightning strikes again when someone does have the same good or bad luck again. Lightning struck twice as he scored again — his fifth goal in three games over the Christmas period. Then, several years later, lightning struck again. Her other son Stephen died suddenly at the age of 13.
See also: lightning, strike, twice
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • lightning never strikes (the same place) twice
  • Lightning never strikes twice
  • lightning never strikes twice in the same place
  • advance notice
  • indication
  • with advance notice
  • what must be, must be
  • on advance notice
  • a New York minute
  • York
References in periodicals archive
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3 Gers hope lightning doesn't strike twice Rangers have been licking their wounds since the 5-1 pasting they were handed out by Celtic last week but history shows Mark Warburton's team should have little to fear against Ross County.
They say lightning doesn't strike twice - but try telling that to residents at Dudley Road in Marsh.
Joe Crilly of William Hill said: "It is often said that lightning doesn't strike twice, but we aren't willing to take the risk.
"People will bring up what happened a few years ago, but I believe that lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place.
But Stamper believes he knows exactly what he needs to do to ensure lightning doesn't strike twice in the World Grand Prix.
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My immediate reaction was it was probably just one of those things - lightning doesn't strike twice.
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"You'd like to think lightning doesn't strike twice and I won't get anything this time."
Alas, lightning doesn't strike twice because Due Date takes a simple premise and goes nowhere with it, as a bag mix-up between expectant father Peter Highman and fellow passenger Ethan Tremblay, an aspiring actor who carries his dog in his hand luggage, leads to both men being thrown off the flight.