Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Beginner's luck
To get unusual or unexpected success in one’s first attempt in doing something
The meaning. ‘Beginner's luck’ names the surprising success a person sometimes has the very first time they try something, before any skill has been acquired.
Example: ‘She won her first game of chess — pure beginner's luck.’
So the meaning is ‘To get unusual or unexpected success in one's first attempt in doing something’.
Why the others fail — note that each drops one essential element:
‘To be successful all the time’ — drops the first attempt and replaces it with consistency, which is the opposite of a beginner's position.
‘To work hard to achieve success’ — drops the luck. Effort and luck are precisely what the idiom contrasts.
‘To be lucky in achieving one's goals.’ — keeps the luck but drops the first attempt. This is the closest wrong answer, and it shows why the fullest accurate option must be chosen: it is the beginner's inexperience that makes the luck worth naming.
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