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Earnest is someone it is important to be.
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Earnest is someone it is important to be.
...if'n you likes walkin' lobsters and such in the wildes...
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>"you're in luck" means the same as "out of luck".
you guys are playing with my mind now; I'd say "you're in luck" means the opposite of "you're out of luck"; but once you've realized that good luck it can be said that "you lucked out"--"you lucked in" I've never heard.
apologies for any inadvertent mantling--I'm suffering from an awful head cold and have been feeling discombobulated all day.
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my dear Mr. Tsuwm, please accept my apologies for my errant thoughts. I have added a correction to my previous post. etaoin chicken soup does wonders, I hear tell. 
formerly known as etaoin...
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"Lucked out" or "luck out" has always meant "got or get lucky" here in Jersey. Usually heard in the phrases "looks like he lucked out" or "you might just luck out". "Lucking out' is actually a tad beyond lucky, though...almost undeservedly so. Everyone knows someone who "always lucks out" or "always seems to luck out." Some people just step in good fortune at every turn...others just "step in it." But, come to think of it, "always stepping in shit" can mean lucky, too.
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Certainly, as far as I know, "getting lucky" is the same as "lucking out". Without any checking and without prejudice, I suspect that "lucking out" is an Americanism.
My fully-errant memory (no discombobulating cold here, although I do have an attention-seeking kitten with four full and fully-operational sets of claws to distract me) tells me that I have most often heard the expression on American TV shows.
So (furiously chopping liver) it would appear that "out of luck" is indeed a fully antonym for "lucking out".
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So tell me this , is Earnest going to get lucky with me? or am i out of luck?
i don't post for a couple of hours, and its looks like i might luck out...but now, Earnest is no where to be seen!
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To luck out =is to have a lucky break
I lucked out- the store was totally sold out, except for one pair of sale shoes, and they were the ones i wanted, and in my size!
about the only time i can think of when unspecified luck/lucky is not good luck is the expression lucky me!
as in lucky me!- today was the first day, all week, that i got a seat on the train. then, the guy standing in front of me, slipped as the train started, and spilled hot coffee all over me!
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