to act blindly without thinking; to blindly stumble one's way through; to go about blindly and haphazardly [written and colloquial]

to act blindly without thinking; to blindly stumble one's way through; to go about blindly and haphazardly [written and colloquial]

Destined to fail

Large Hadron Collider

collision

a sheer fluke [colloquial]

to bluff; to go around scamming people

knock down

to bump into; to crash into; to run into; to come across [colloquial]

to be so dizzy from a bump in the head or from being hit that one is seeing stars [colloquial]

adj; see or meet strangers often in our daily routine (in the same lift, on the same train etc.)

just happen to (spoken)

to bump into; to hit into [colloquial]

verb; literally: hit the big wooden plank , it means running into issues or commiting big mistakes

(verb / phrase) to get something purely by luck; by sheer fluke; by a stroke of luck; pot luck

(verb / phrase) to succeed through sheer luck; to catch a lucky break; to have a stroke of luck; to try out one's luck

to clash dates (events)

be rebuffed; be thwarted; run into difficulties

verb; literally: someone hit the wooden plank more than having a meal, it means failing more than succeeding (be rebuffed)

swindler (spoken)

to bump into someone or something just at that precise moment by coincidence; a head on collision

to be knocked down and killed

verb; literally: hit and kill the horse, Metaphor for people running amok or rampaged

to act as if one has just seen a ghost; to be in a great hurry [colloquial]

(slang) to get pissed off; to get angry

smash up

hit the wall

to get a bruise from a hit / bump [colloquial]

verb; crashed, exposed, accidentally ran into

literally: hit to the point of deafness; Generally refers to hearing problems