Meaning of Lucky Country | Babel Free

Definitions

A term to describe Australia, sometimes ironically.

informal

Examples

“Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck. It lives on other people's ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise.”

“My friends, no longer content to be the lucky country, Australia must become the clever country.”

CEFR level