hit the jackpot

Meaning

1. Editorial100% of films

   to unexpectedly get or come across something extremely good, desirable, or fortunate

   We hit the jackpot, Bullseye!

In the movies · 6

• Yeah, this Neumann here. You hit the jackpot.Dinner in America2020
• So you hit the jackpot, eh, kid? I mean Kubelikwise.The Apartment1960
• Yep, Florence had been takin' fertility pills and she and Nathan had hit the jackpot.Raising Arizona1987
• It was like I'd hit the jackpot.The Invitation2016
• We hit the jackpot, Bullseye!Toy Story 32010
• We've hit the jackpot, lads.Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1998
• But when I hit the jackpot, I'll buy myself an awesome car.Adaptation.2002
• A doctor and a Iawyer. Brenda hit the jackpot.Catch Me If You Can2002

Learn it in full scenes

• The Apartment1960
  • Baxter Swaps His Apartment Nights
  • Sheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key
  • Baxter Meets Fran at the Theatre

From the same entry

• hit big
• hit the buffers
• hit the ceiling
• hit the deck
• hit the ground running
• hit the hay
• hit in the eye
• hit it
• hit it off
• hit the nail on the head
• hit the road
• hit the roof