I should be so lucky!
informalDefinition
› said when what you want is extremely unlikely to happen: "You might win first prize." "I should be so lucky."InterjectionsSounds used as interjectionsImpossible and improbable
(Definition of I should be so lucky! from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- apt adjective (LIKELY)
- be out of the question idiom
- beggar belief/description idiom
- castles in the air idiom
- catch verb (NOTICE)
- don't hold your breath idiom 1
- doubt noun
- dream verb (HOPE)
- fat chance idiom
- fear noun
- goodbye to sth idiom
- impossible adjective
- impossible noun
- improbable adjective
- not have a snowball's chance in hell idiom
- one in a million idiom
- pigs might fly idiom
- that'll be the day idiom
- there's no danger of that! idiom
- you'll be lucky! idiom
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