"thank one's lucky stars" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-thank one's lucky stars.ogg [Australia] Forms: thanks one's lucky stars [present, singular, third-person], thanking one's lucky stars [participle, present], thanked one's lucky stars [participle, past], thanked one's lucky stars [past]
Etymology: From the belief that it is the alignment of the stars which brings about good fortune. Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=thank one's lucky stars}} thank one's lucky stars (third-person singular simple present thanks one's lucky stars, present participle thanking one's lucky stars, simple past and past participle thanked one's lucky stars)
  1. (idiomatic) To be grateful, feel oneself fortunate (especially in avoiding some calamity). Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: thank one's stars Related terms: under a lucky star Translations (to be grateful): kiittää onneaan (Finnish), remercier sa bonne étoile (French), dziękować losowi [imperfective] (Polish), podziękować losowi [perfective] (Polish), darse con un canto en los dientes (Spanish), tacka sin lyckliga stjärna (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-thank_one's_lucky_stars-en-verb-uRf~Qzwz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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        "(idiomatic) To be grateful, feel oneself fortunate (especially in avoiding some calamity)."
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be grateful",
          "word": "kiittää onneaan"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to be grateful",
          "word": "remercier sa bonne étoile"
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          "sense": "to be grateful",
          "word": "darse con un canto en los dientes"
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          "sense": "to be grateful",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be grateful",
      "word": "kiittää onneaan"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be grateful",
      "word": "remercier sa bonne étoile"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be grateful",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dziękować losowi"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be grateful",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "podziękować losowi"
    },
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      "sense": "to be grateful",
      "word": "darse con un canto en los dientes"
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      "sense": "to be grateful",
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