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固有名詞

Goodluck (plural Goodlucks)

1. A surname.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Goodluck is the 47966 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 441 individuals. Goodluck is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (48.3%) Black/African-American (38.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goodluck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65.
• Forebears

名詞

good luck (uncountable)

1. Desirable or beneficial fortune.

   Synonyms: good fortune, (vulgar) horseshoe up one's ass; see also Thesaurus:good luck

   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     “ […] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
       Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […] ”

派生語

• streak of good luck

間投詞

good luck

1. Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction.

   Synonyms: (chiefly in the entertainment industry) best of luck; break a leg; come on; more power to your elbow; (opera) toi, toi, toi

   Coordinate term: goodbye

   Near-synonym: God bless

使用する際の注意点

This expression is considered to bring bad luck in the theatre, where – according to superstition – break a leg should be used in its place.