horseshoe up one's ass

English

Noun

horseshoe up one's ass (usually uncountable, plural horseshoes up one's ass)

  1. (vulgar, idiomatic) Exceptionally favorable personal luck.
    • 2001, Louisa Ermelino, The Black Madonna: Una Storia di Famiglia, →ISBN, p. 36 (Google preview):
      But Mary Ziganetti shook her head. "Teresa never had the luck. Some people, they got a horseshoe up their ass, but not Teresa."
    • 2010 July 8, "Dave Mustaine's Autobiography Tells 'A Story That Will Inspire, Stun And Terrify', blabbermouth.net (retrieved 1 Feb 2019):
      METALLICA frontman James Hetfield once observed that Mustaine must have been born with a horseshoe up his ass. That's how lucky he has been.
    • 2014, Penelope Ward, Stepbrother Dearest, →ISBN, (Google preview):
      The next thing I knew, she'd run off to the roulette table, slapped some of her money down on the number 22, and the rest was history. This girl had a major horseshoe up her ass. Nineteen-thousand dollars.

Usage notes

  • Often used in contexts which suggest resentment of the favorable luck so described.
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