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B1 — Intermediate Time & Life

La fortuna è cieca

Fortune is blind

Literal Translation

"Fortune is blind"

What it means

Used to say that luck acts randomly, without favouring the worthy or the unworthy.

Example in context

"Non capisco perché sia toccato a lui — la fortuna è cieca."

"I don't understand why it fell to him — fortune is blind."

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