hit the jackpot en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck.
Before 1914, coal was a true cash-cow, and on paper, the GWR looked to have hit the jackpot by being handed all the railways in the South Wales coal fields.
2021 August 25, Richard Foster, “The rise and fall of railway's Big Four...”, in RAIL, number 938, page 55:
- (idiomatic) To be accurate or correct.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, jackpot.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hits the jackpot | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| hit the jackpot | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hit the jackpot | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| hitting the jackpot | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (16)
es sacarse el gordo (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · fi voittaa jättipotti (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · ar ضَرَبَ الفَوْز بِالْجَائِزَة الكُبِرَى (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · pt tirar a sorte grande (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · pl strzelać w dziesiątkę (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · es sacarse la lotería (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · fr gagner le gros lot (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · cmn 中獎 /中奖 (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · ja 大当たりをひく (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · ru сорва́ть куш (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · de das Große Los ziehen (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · ru срыва́ть куш (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · pl strzelić w dziesiątkę (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · fr toucher le jackpot (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · pl trafić w dziesiątkę (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) · pl trafiać w dziesiątkę (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck)