Luck, both kinds

Luck is often a double edged sword. Here are the Southern sayings for both kinds of luck

Luck is often a double edged sword. Here are the Southern sayings for both kinds of luck.

A wing and a prayer.

Also: All’s well that ends.

Even a blind hog finds an acorn every once in a while.

Rather than: Even a blind squirrel can find a nut.

Good Luck says, “Open your mouth and shut your eyes.”

Fact: Journal of Sensory Studies, has determined that the seeing does actually change the perceived flavors of food.

He’s riding the gravy train with biscuit wheels.

Meaning: He has been very lucky up to now.

I could fall into a barrel of teats and come out sucking my thumb; He could sit on the fence and the birds would feed him.

”I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.”   Franklin D. Roosevelt

If he fell into an outhouse he’d come up smelling like a rose.

Never bet on a loser because you think his luck is bound to change.

It doesn’t take a prophet to predict bad luck.

”We must believe in luck; for how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like.”   Jean Cocteau

The sun don’t shine on the same dog’s tail all the time.

”As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.”  Josh Billings

You must not be holding your mouth right. (Or living your life right)

Note: A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents’ luck.