Meanings
present singular third person thanks one's lucky stars · participle present thanking one's lucky stars · participle past thanked one's lucky stars · past thanked one's lucky stars
- idiomaticTo be grateful, feel oneself fortunate, consider oneself lucky (especially in avoiding some calamity).
He thanked his lucky stars he had brought the extra heavy duty conduits in that morning.
2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 31Synonyms: count one's lucky stars, thank one's stars
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo be grateful, feel oneself fortunate, consider oneself lucky (especially in avoiding some calamity).
Origin
From the belief that it is the alignment of the stars which brings about good fortune.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish kiittää onneaan
- kiittää onneaanto be grateful
French remercier sa bonne étoile
- remercier sa bonne étoileto be grateful
Polish dziękować losowi, podziękować losowi
- dziękować losowito be grateful
- podziękować losowito be grateful
Spanish darse con un canto en los dientes
- darse con un canto en los dientesto be grateful
Swedish tacka sin lyckliga stjärna
- tacka sin lyckliga stjärnato be grateful
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thank one's lucky stars. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thank%20one's%20lucky%20stars
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