luck of the devil/draw/Irish

luck of the devil/draw/Irish

Fortuitous blessings, good fortune. Good luck (and bad luck) have long been regarded superstitiously, associated with supernatural forces (the devil), a particular group (the Irish), or pure chance (the random drawing of a card or cards). The luck of the draw appears in print only in the second half of the twentieth century; the luck of the Irish is older, appearing, for example, in Lee Thayer’s The Sinister Mark (1923).
See also: devil, draw, Irish, luck, of
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • (one) (has) never had it so good
  • albatross
  • (it's) good to have you (here)
  • a cricket on the hearth
  • cricket
  • cricket on the hearth
  • do no good
  • for good measure
  • be as good as new
  • do (one) a/the world of good