lightning never strikes (the same place) twice

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—used to say that a very unusual event is not likely to happen again to the same person or in the same place

The team was lucky to get that win but may not do as well next time. Lightning never strikes twice.

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And don’t count on the folk wisdom that lightning never strikes the same place twice to protect you. —

Becky Bollinger, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2018

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