Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lightning never strikes twice in the same place

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
light-ning n-ev-er strikes twice in the same -place
IPA
66
Scrabble Score
40
Letters
5
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Something is not affected in the same way twice.

proverb

Opportunities never appear recurrently.

Inflected Forms

lightning never strikes the same place twice (alternative) lightning never strikes in the same place twice (alternative)

Phrases

lightning never strikes twice

Questions

What does lightning never strikes twice in the same place mean?
Something is not affected in the same way twice.

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