somebody up there loves me
somebody up there loves me
1. I am extremely fortunate or lucky, judging from some recent development. Somebody up there loves me, because I just won $500 on the first lottery ticket I ever bought! I can't believe I walked away from that car accident with just a few scrapes. Somebody up there loves me, all right!
2. Someone in a position of power, authority, or influence is giving me preferential treatment. Wow, I'm up for a promotion already? I guess somebody up there loves me!
See also: love, somebody, there, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
somebody up there loves me
I am having very good luck right now; also, someone with influence is favoring me. For example, I won $40 on that horse-somebody up there loves me, or I don't know how I got that great assignment; somebody up there loves me. This idiom, generally used half-jokingly, alludes either to heavenly intervention or to the help of a temporal higher authority. [Colloquial; mid-1900s] Also see friend in court.
See also: love, somebody, there, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- somebody up there is looking out for me
- someone up there loves me
- someone up there is looking out for me
- in luck
- luck out
- be in the right spot at the right time
- luck in
- lucky break
- fortune is smiling (up)on (someone)
- fortune smiles on somebody