Happy Thanksgiving...
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... to all you Americans out there. Anyone else getting a 4-day weekend? -Sean ---- "Vigilance With Pride"
Same to you, Sean! I actually get a 5-day weekend - I lucked out and got today off. :) Jon Sagara "Ninety percent of baseball is mental, the other half is physical." -- Yogi Bera
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Same to you, Sean! I actually get a 5-day weekend - I lucked out and got today off. :) Jon Sagara "Ninety percent of baseball is mental, the other half is physical." -- Yogi Bera
What do you mean by "lucked out"?? To me that means you were out of luck, ie. unlucky. But when I was in America they used the term to mean that they were lucky?? (Which seems to be the way that you have used it, unless you are disappointed that you have a 5 day weekend...) Just another strange Americanism eh??? Have fun, Paul Westcott.
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What do you mean by "lucked out"?? To me that means you were out of luck, ie. unlucky. But when I was in America they used the term to mean that they were lucky?? (Which seems to be the way that you have used it, unless you are disappointed that you have a 5 day weekend...) Just another strange Americanism eh??? Have fun, Paul Westcott.
Yep I suppose so. 'Lucked out' to Canadians means we were particularly lucky. David http://www.dundas.com
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What do you mean by "lucked out"?? To me that means you were out of luck, ie. unlucky. But when I was in America they used the term to mean that they were lucky?? (Which seems to be the way that you have used it, unless you are disappointed that you have a 5 day weekend...) Just another strange Americanism eh??? Have fun, Paul Westcott.
Nothing strange about it. It means to get *out* of some place or situation you would generally prefer not to be in by means of good luck more than by means of any overt effort on your part. "But, daddy, that was back in the hippie ages..." My twelve year old son - winning the argument. "Stan, you are an intelligent guy who responds in meaningful ways" Paul Watson 16/10/01
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What do you mean by "lucked out"?? To me that means you were out of luck, ie. unlucky. But when I was in America they used the term to mean that they were lucky?? (Which seems to be the way that you have used it, unless you are disappointed that you have a 5 day weekend...) Just another strange Americanism eh??? Have fun, Paul Westcott.
Paul Westcott wrote: Just another strange Americanism eh??? What else! :-D I assume that they are being sarcastic when they say lucked-out. Here in SA lucked-out definitley means a bad thing. e.g. I lucked out with her or The boss lucked out and got fired. I think English has lucked out within America... ;) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
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Nothing strange about it. It means to get *out* of some place or situation you would generally prefer not to be in by means of good luck more than by means of any overt effort on your part. "But, daddy, that was back in the hippie ages..." My twelve year old son - winning the argument. "Stan, you are an intelligent guy who responds in meaningful ways" Paul Watson 16/10/01
So by your definition it isn't really a good thing, it's more just avoiding a bad thing, which may be good, but I would not then be leaning towards David Cunningham's meaning of particularly lucky then... Have fun, Paul Westcott.
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What do you mean by "lucked out"?? To me that means you were out of luck, ie. unlucky. But when I was in America they used the term to mean that they were lucky?? (Which seems to be the way that you have used it, unless you are disappointed that you have a 5 day weekend...) Just another strange Americanism eh??? Have fun, Paul Westcott.
"lucked out" means to have good luck, but that you weren't expecting the good luck to happen and the good luck saved you from a bad situation. "I didn't study for my midterm, but I lucked out and the professor got sick and the test was postponed." --Mike-- http://home.inreach.com/mdunn/ While I can't be correct on all matters, I can make the reassuring claim that where I am inaccurate, I am at least definitively inaccurate. :love: your :bob: with :vegemite: and :beer: Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm
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What do you mean by "lucked out"?? To me that means you were out of luck, ie. unlucky. But when I was in America they used the term to mean that they were lucky?? (Which seems to be the way that you have used it, unless you are disappointed that you have a 5 day weekend...) Just another strange Americanism eh??? Have fun, Paul Westcott.
linguadict, a German online dictionary, says, luck out means in German Glück haben, which in turn means being happy. Regards Thomas
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What do you mean by "lucked out"?? To me that means you were out of luck, ie. unlucky. But when I was in America they used the term to mean that they were lucky?? (Which seems to be the way that you have used it, unless you are disappointed that you have a 5 day weekend...) Just another strange Americanism eh??? Have fun, Paul Westcott.
I could have said "got lucky," but that phrase has certain connotations that I wish not to associate with work. :) Jon Sagara "Ninety percent of baseball is mental, the other half is physical." -- Yogi Bera
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What do you mean by "lucked out"?? To me that means you were out of luck, ie. unlucky. But when I was in America they used the term to mean that they were lucky?? (Which seems to be the way that you have used it, unless you are disappointed that you have a 5 day weekend...) Just another strange Americanism eh??? Have fun, Paul Westcott.
English is strange that way. When you attach out to any past tense verb it usually means that you experienced what ever it was in a particularly intense way. Lucked out(had luck at something), Crapped out(did very crappy at something), grossed out (thought something was very grossed), and a phrase I coined myself: cuted out (which means when something is so cute you just cringe, like puppies, or kittens, or toddlers, or feminists ranting about their superiority to men):rolleyes: "That's it, you guys. I'm outta here. Talking pooh is where I draw the line."
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English is strange that way. When you attach out to any past tense verb it usually means that you experienced what ever it was in a particularly intense way. Lucked out(had luck at something), Crapped out(did very crappy at something), grossed out (thought something was very grossed), and a phrase I coined myself: cuted out (which means when something is so cute you just cringe, like puppies, or kittens, or toddlers, or feminists ranting about their superiority to men):rolleyes: "That's it, you guys. I'm outta here. Talking pooh is where I draw the line."
Kevin Ranville wrote: "That's it, you guys. I'm outta here. Talking pooh is where I draw the line." Hiiiiiidy Hooooooooo!!!! :-D Jon Sagara "Ninety percent of baseball is mental, the other half is physical." -- Yogi Bera
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What do you mean by "lucked out"?? To me that means you were out of luck, ie. unlucky. But when I was in America they used the term to mean that they were lucky?? (Which seems to be the way that you have used it, unless you are disappointed that you have a 5 day weekend...) Just another strange Americanism eh??? Have fun, Paul Westcott.
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