Idioms - part 8

Lucky dog

1) Vivian is a lucky dog. She won $ 2000 in the state lottery.

it means

Vivian is lucky. She won $ 2000 in the state lottery.

2) Eric got a job at that huge, multinational company. There were over 200 candidates for that post. I think he is one lucky dog.

it means

Eric got a job at that huge, multinational company. There were over 200 candidates for that post. I think he is just lucky.

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Be riding a tiger

1) He decided to go on running the company although he knew it was riding a tiger.

it means

He decided to go on running the company although he knew it would be very risky and difficult.


2) Mark works as a financial counselor for three companies which don’t know anything about each other. I believe he is riding a tiger.

it means

Mark works as a financial counselor  for three companies which don’t know anything about each other. I believe he is risking too much.

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