What is bad luck for one man is good luck for another.

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    • Keymaster
        #2871

        What is the meaning of the proverb, ‘What is bad luck for one man is good luck for another.‘?

        What is bad luck for one man is good luck for another.

      • Participant
          #2887

          People have varied views about death; but for many, death is a misfortune, bad luck, and or a sorrowful thing. While people are lamenting over someone’s death, another person is profiting from it. While family and loved ones are weeping, the undertaker has good prospect of making money.

          Imagine that the only witness of a crime or a corruption scandal dies. Though it’s a sad news, the perpetrators of these offences have had good luck and would rejoice.

          Osama Bin Laden’s demise was a bad luck for him and his loved ones – that after all that he did to hide, he had finally been caught and killed. But for Americans, it was good news and good luck. For if Ben Laden had been alive, they had every reason to worry about whatever he’s cooking.

        • Participant
            #2919

            A heavy downpour caused a bridge in my vicinity to collapse. For those of us who use the bridge, it was bad news or bad luck, more or less.

            But for the contractor who has been given the contract to rebuild the bridge, it was was a good luck. Life is just like that.

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