瓢箪から駒（ひょうたんからこま）
JLPT N2 · noun
Meaning: unexpected solution
Example sentences
- 冗談が本当になり、瓢箪から駒だった。 — The joke came true—talk about a strange stroke of luck.
- 瓢箪から駒で、思わぬ成功をおさめた。 — Against all odds, it turned into an unexpected success.
Idioms & proverbs containing “瓢箪から駒”
- 瓢箪から駒が出る (ひょうたんからこまがでる) — something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes out from a gourd
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