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.
- 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