棚からぼた餅

たなからぼたもち

sudden windfall

Meanings

also 棚から牡丹餅

  1. expression, noun, idiom sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf

Its kanji

In sentences

棚たなからぼた餅もちとはこのことだ。 This is what they call a lucky break. #137155