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Lucky French Expression
| Meaning | to be lucky | |
| Literally | to have some luck | |
| Register | informal | |
| Pronunciation |  | [ah vwar du po] |
| IPA | [a vwaʀ dy po] | |
Usage notes: Literally, the French word un pot is a pot or jar. Informally, it refers to a drink and it also means "luck" in these informal expressions:
- avoir du pot – to be lucky
- un coup de pot – a stroke of luck
- Manque de pot ! – No luck!
- manquer de pot – to be unlucky, out of luck
- Pas de pot ! – No luck!
- Quel pot ! – What luck!
Par exemple…
| Quelle maison charmante, tu as du pot ! | What a lovely house, you’re so lucky! | |
| Je n’ai jamais eu de pot dans la vie. | I’ve never had any luck in life. |
Lucky French expressions
- avoir de la chance
- bonne chance
- être chanceux
- les dents du bonheur
informal - avoir de la veine
- avoir du bol
- je te dis merde
Related lessons
- Avoir conjugations
- Manquer conjugations
- Du and other partitive articles
- Pas without ne
- Pot and other containers
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