lightning never strikes twice in the same place

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[lightning never strikes twice in the same place] The same accident does not happen twice; the same person does not have the same luck again. — A proverb.

* /Billy won a pony in the contest last year, but lightning never strikes twice in the same place./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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