one should be so lucky

== English == === Alternative forms === one will be lucky === Etymology === Calque of Yiddish מען זאָל זיין אזוי מזלדיק (men zol zeyn azoy mazldik, “one should be so lucky”) === Pronunciation === === Phrase === one should be so lucky (informal, sarcastic) It is highly doubtful: indicating that something is not likely to happen to the person specified. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== chance'd be a fine thing one should live so long === Further reading === “one should be so lucky”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “I should be so lucky”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “you should be so lucky”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.