Meaning of strike twice | Babel Free

Definitions

To impact the same location, person, etc. again.

Examples

“"Has fortune struck twice in one week? I send⟳ you out after cheese and you bring⟳ home an entire cow?””

“Finger and Kane presented the editor with the Bat-Man, who made his debut in Detective Comics #27, dated May 1939, and . . . lightning struck twice. Another hit! Another Superman? Well, no. Oh, there were, and are, similarities: the double⟳ identity, the cape and tights, the devotion to crime-fighting.”

“And to Alistair and Jessica, from Seven Years to Sin, who inspired me to write⟳ Gideon and Eva's story. I'm so glad the inspiration struck twice!”

“Lenny threw himself into a shell hole hoping that lightning wouldn't strike⟳ twice. The bombs hit horses, caisson , and even the chow line by the rolling kitchen that Len would have⟳ been standing in if he hadn't been writing a letter to Maggie instead. It was as if it were raining flesh and entrails.”

“He wished he could have⟳ a clear answer⟳. With Ciara he had known immediately that she was the one for him. Had he expected lightning to strike⟳ twice in his life? Chapter Ten Charlie greeted Lesley with an exuberant bark and.”

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