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Czech
CzechMít kliku
Meaning: To be lucky.
Literally: To have a door handle
Example: “Měli jsme kliku, vlak měl zpoždění a stihli jsme ho.” — We lucked out: the train was late and we caught it.
English equivalent: To luck out
Origin: Klika means a door handle, and in colloquial Czech also luck. The usual explanation is that the word borrowed its second sense from German Glück (luck), which sounds similar, though this is not certain. Having the handle is being lucky.
Equivalents in other languages
German: Schwein haben Literally: To have pig
English: lead a charmed life- English: luck out
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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