Mít kliku

Meaning: To be lucky.

Language: Czech

Literally: To have a door handle

Category: Daily Life

Origin: The Czech word klika means both 'door handle' and 'luck'; grasping the handle means catching a lucky break.

More idioms — Daily Life

• A freca menta — To waste time; to loaf around doing nothing useful.
• A-i pica fisa — To finally understand something.
• חבל על הזמן — Amazing, fantastic — though it literally means 'a waste of time'.
• בא לי — I feel like it; I'm in the mood for it.
• قربونت برم — An affectionate thank-you or term of endearment — 'you're so dear to me'.
• زیر آب کسی را زدن — To secretly sabotage or betray someone behind their back.

More Czech idioms

• Házet flintu do žita — To give up prematurely.
• Mít všech pět pohromadě — To be of sound mind.
• Být v rejži — To be in trouble.
• Přijít s křížkem po funuse — To arrive uselessly too late.
• Dělat dlouhý nos — To thumb your nose; to mock.
• Mít máslo na hlavě — To have a guilty conscience or something to hide.

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