take pot luck(I couldn't get any information from the telephone directory, so I had to take pot luck. • The only downside was we couldn't book so had to take pot luck in wether we could get a seat or not.4uzhoj)
be ahead of the game(When Ralph came to school an hour early, the janitor said, "You're ahead of the game." – Ральф пришел в школу на час раньше, и сторож сказал ему: "Ты сегодня раньше обычного" Taras)