"one should be so lucky" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1970, The New York Times Biographical Service, New York Times & Arno Press, page 660",
          "text": "So now I'm the Beverly Sills of Broadway, right? Hah! I should be so lucky!",
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          "ref": "1971, Equal Rights for Men and Women 1971: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, First Session, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 131",
          "text": "I laugh uncontrollably when I meet women who say, \"What if we get equal rights; we'll all be drafted!\" My reply is, \"You should be so lucky.\" The male-dominated military are not about to open their last sanctuary to 51 percent of the population.",
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          "ref": "1983, Larry Ketron, Asian Shade, Dramatists Play Service, page 37",
          "text": "I play my heart out. To have me on his team, he should be so lucky. That's right. When I get chosen, I give everything.",
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          "ref": "1988, Jack Kugelmass, editor, Between Two Worlds, Cornell University Press, page 311",
          "text": "\"You take pictures in here and you're liable to get a rat in one of them!\" \"I should be so lucky. I've been trying for years to get a picture of a rat at the Intervale Jewish Center without any luck. They refuse to pose.\"",
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        "It is highly doubtful: indicating that something is not likely to happen to the person specified."
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        "(informal, sarcastic) It is highly doubtful: indicating that something is not likely to happen to the person specified."
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        {
          "word": "chance'd be a fine thing"
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        {
          "word": "one should live so long"
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        {
          "word": "one will be lucky"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "it is highly doubtful",
          "word": "zlatý voči!"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "it is highly doubtful",
          "word": "azt megnézem magamnak!"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "it is highly doubtful",
          "word": "(ugyan/vajon) mikor lesz/van neked olyan/akkora szerencséd?"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "it is highly doubtful",
          "word": "no caerá esa breva"
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      "word": "one will be lucky"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "it is highly doubtful",
      "word": "zlatý voči!"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "it is highly doubtful",
      "word": "azt megnézem magamnak!"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "it is highly doubtful",
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      "sense": "it is highly doubtful",
      "word": "no caerá esa breva"
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  "word": "one should be so lucky"
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