English idioms and expressions on luck and fortune for English students Related Idioms & Expressions on Luck To keep one's fingers crossed: to wish someone luck It's an ill wind that blows nobody good: someone who usually benefits from another person's misfortune – used to say that every problem brings some advantages for somebody else As chance / luck / fate would have it: accidentally To cross one's palm with silver: to give a fortune teller or palm reader some money to tell you your horoscopic or astrological fortune in future. Fighting chance: possibility of success after sustained effort



