lightning\ never\ strikes\ twice\ in\ the\ same\ place

lightning\ never\ strikes\ twice\ in\ the\ same\ place
proverb
the same accident does not happen twice; the same person does not have the same luck again.

Billy won a pony in the contest last year, but lightning never strikes twice in the same place.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • lightning never strikes twice in the same place — The same accident does not happen twice; the same person does not have the same luck again. A proverb. * /Billy won a pony in the contest last year, but lightning never strikes twice in the same place./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • lightning never strikes the same place twice — 1857 P. H. MYERS Prisoner of Border xii. They did not hit me at all... Lightning never strikes twice in the same place, nor cannon balls either, I presume. 1942 P. WILDE Tinsley’s Bones x. The Witness: They say that lightning never strikes twice… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • lightning never strikes twice — lightning never strikes (the same place) twice used to say that a very unusual event is not likely to happen again to the same person or in the same place • • • Main Entry: ↑lightning lightning never strikes (the same place) twice see ↑lightning …   Useful english dictionary

  • in the same place — See: LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • in the same place — See: LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • in\ the\ same\ place — See: lightning never strikes twice in the same place …   Словарь американских идиом

  • lightning never strikes the same place twice — lightning never strikes (the same place) twice used to say that a very unusual event is not likely to happen again to the same person or in the same place • • • Main Entry: ↑lightning lightning never strikes (the same place) twice see ↑lightning …   Useful english dictionary

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