beginner's luck

noun

: success when one is a beginner at something

The success of his first restaurant was just beginner's luck.

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Fiona O'Keeffe, marathon There's beginner's luck and then there's just beginner's talent. —

Mark Osborne, ABC News, 26 July 2024 There's beginner's luck and then there's just beginner's talent. —

Mark Osborne, ABC News, 26 July 2024

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