more by accident than (by) design

more by accident than (by) design

Due more to coincidence or luck than to one's own skill or planning. To be honest, I feel like the massive popularity of the app is more by accident than by design. A: "This stew is delicious!" B: "Thanks, but it's really more by accident than design."
See also: accident, by, design, more
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • more by accident than (by) judgment
  • as luck may have it
  • register on
  • register on (something)
  • make (one's) own luck
  • make your own luck
  • the long arm of coincidence
  • log out
  • cut (one) down in (one's) prime
  • cut someone off in their prime