B2idiominformaldecisionsIELTS-friendly
push your luck
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to take a risk by asking for too much after already being lucky
'Your' changes to my, his and so on. 'Don't push your luck' is a common friendly warning.
In context
You got a day off already; don't push your luck by asking for two.
He'd won twice at cards, but he pushed his luck and lost everything.
More idioms about decisions
- a Catch-22a situation you can't escape because each solution depends on the other
- a change of hearta change in your opinion or plan, usually towards a kinder or different view
- a double-edged swordsomething that has both good and bad effects
- a fait accomplisomething already decided or done that others must now accept
- a foregone conclusiona result that is certain before it happens