hit the jackpot

hit the jackpot
жарг.
неожиданно преуспеть, добиться большого успеха [этим. карт. сорвать банк; первонач. амер.]

Madge, in days when she imagined that it might somehow be possible to persuade me to make money, had gone on about it continually. Poor Madge! She had picked the winner. But Sadie and Sammy would hit the jackpot. (I. Murdoch, ‘Under the Net’, ch. XI) — В те далекие дни, когда Мадж еще надеялась пробудить во мне желание разбогатеть, она заводила об этом разговор беспрестанно. Бедная Мадж! Да, она сумела угадать победителя, но выигрыш-то загребут Сэди и Сэмми.

He seemed very jubilant. He told me that he'd really hit the jackpot! (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll’, ch. 13) — Карл ликовал. Он сказал мне, что напал на золотую жилу.

The firm has hit the jackpot with its new line of products. (RHD) — Новые изделия, выпущенные этой фирмой, пользуются огромным спросом.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • hit the jackpot — Ⅰ. hit the jackpot ► to achieve financial success: »They need a licensing deal to a big drug company before judging if their biotech venture has hit the jackpot. Main Entry: ↑hit Ⅱ. hit the jackpot ► to have a big success or make a lot of money,… …   Financial and business terms

  • hit the jackpot — Jackpot Jackpot, n. 1. Same as {jack pot}. See under {jack}. [PJC] 2. Any larger than usual gambling prize formed by the accumulation of unwon bets. [PJC] 3. The highest gambling prize awarded in a gambling game in which smaller prizes are also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hit the jackpot — ► hit the jackpot informal 1) win a jackpot. 2) have great or unexpected success. Main Entry: ↑jackpot …   English terms dictionary

  • hit the jackpot — verb succeed by luck I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot • Syn: ↑luck out • Hypernyms: ↑succeed, ↑win, ↑come through, ↑bring home the bacon, ↑deliver the goods …   Useful english dictionary

  • hit the jackpot — 1. tv. to win a large amount of money. □ I hit the jackpot in the big contest. □ Sally hit the jackpot in the lottery. 2. tv. to be exactly right; to find exactly what was sought. □ I hit the jackpot when I found this little cafe on Fourth Street …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • hit the jackpot — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be very lucky or successful. * /Mr. Brown invented a new gadget which hit the jackpot./ * /Mrs. Smith hit the jackpot when she got Lula for a maid./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hit the jackpot — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be very lucky or successful. * /Mr. Brown invented a new gadget which hit the jackpot./ * /Mrs. Smith hit the jackpot when she got Lula for a maid./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hit\ the\ jackpot — v. phr. slang To be very lucky or successful. Mr. Brown invented a new gadget which hit the jackpot. Mrs. Smith hit the jackpot when she got Lula for a maid …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hit the jackpot — informal Ingalls may have hit the jackpot with this latest novel Syn: strike it rich, strike gold, succeed; informal clean up, hit the big time, score …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • hit the jackpot — 1) to win the most important prize in a competition 2) to be very successful at something She hit the jackpot with her first novel, which sold over a million copies …   English dictionary

  • hit the jackpot — be very lucky or successful She hit the jackpot when she went to Las Vegas last weekend …   Idioms and examples


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