Avoir du pot

Expression: Avoir du pot

Pronunciation: [ah vwar du po]

Meaning: to be lucky

Register: informal

Notes: The French word pot means "luck" in a number of expressions:

   avoir du pot - to be lucky
   un coup de pot - a stroke of luck
   Quel pot ! - What luck!

   manquer de pot - to be unlucky
   Manque de pot ! - No luck!
   Pas de pot ! - No luck!

Example:
   Tu as du pot !
   You are so lucky!

Familiar synonym: avoir du bol

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