OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 49113

push one's luck

Meanings (ES + gloss)
arriesgarse • tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final se rompe
To take an excessive risk or to attempt some task unlikely to succeed, especially after having already been unexpectedly lucky.
I don’t think I really treat you that special / Chase a pretty girl who actually gets you / Brutally honest and for that I applaud you (Skrrt, skrrt) / Boy just give it up, you’re…
The jury had little choice but to free the killer. Sane enough at least not to push his luck, Sledge immediately left the state.
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