Pennies from Heaven phrase
Unanticipated good fortune, especially financial one.
I just got a scholarship from my university yesterday. It was like pennies from heaven for me at the moment.
A: It's not much but this is the best I can do right now. B: Oh don't worry! It's like pennies from heaven for the ones in need.
To be thankful or grateful for one's good luck usually while avoiding a bad situation
A normally unreliable person can still be right about something, even if it is only by accident.
It is used to say that someone is lucky.
Relying on guessing and luck
This expression was used in a few print sources from the late 20s. However, the expression became popular when a movie with the same name was released by Columbia Pictures in 1936.