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the happy accident that takes all the credit it doesn't deserve
means a lucky or unlikely outcome that happens by chance rather than skill or design.
from This 'fluke' surfaced in 19th-century billiards slang for a lucky shot, source uncertain — perhaps tied to a dialect word for a guess or chance. Confusingly, English carries three unrelated 'flukes': the flatfish (an old Germanic word, cousin to words for 'flat'), the flat blade of an anchor, and this chance hit — and only the last one wandered into everyday luck.
- liver hazard
- A parasitic flatworm infects livers and bile ducts
- whale anatomy
- The two lobes of a whale's tail are flukes
- anchor part
- An anchor's pointed arm that grips seabed is its fluke
- odd origin
- The lucky meaning may come from billiards slang
- flatfish too
- Summer flounder are commonly called fluke
for instance
leicester city 2015-16 — 5000-1 odds to win premier league, finished 1st at king power stadium in their first season back from second division