as luck would have it

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)By goodfortune;fortunatelyorluckily.Synonym:as luck may have itI didn't plan to stop there, butas(ill/good)luck would have it, they were open when I went by.1897, Richard Marsh,The Beetle:I said, “I’ll send the first sane soul I meet to keep you company.”As luck would have it, I never met one, — only kids, and a baker, who wouldn’t leave his cart, or take it with him either.

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