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You know what luck is? Luck is believing you're lucky...to hold front position in this rat-race you've got to believe you're lucky.
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Pressing your luck: This was an expression your mother might have used when you were misbehaving in front of company. Mom had no idea that it was a gambling metaphor. "Pressing" means to increase a bet. Pressing one’s luck means taking the original bet plus winnings and risking it all once again–going for broke, raising the stakes, putting it all on the line…
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