postcode lottery
noun[C]
uk/ˈpəʊst.kəʊd ˌlɒt.ər.i/us/ˈpoʊst.koʊd ˌlɑː.t̬ɚ.i/in the UK, asituationin which thetypeofmedicaltreatmentyou can have, thetypeofgovernmentservicesyoureceive, etc.dependson whichpartof thecountryyoulivein
（英国）地域性公共服务差异（人们能获得的医疗类型、所享受的政府服务类型等均与其居住地区有关）Chance and randomness
- accident
- aleatory
- arbitrarily
- arbitrariness
- arbitrary
- even-money
- fluke
- fluky
- fortuitous
- fortuitously
- long shot
- luck
- luck intosomething
- more by accident than designidiom
- more by luck than judgmentidiom
- randomized
- randomly
- randomness
- serendipitous
- stumble intosomething