A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

one’s lucky number comes up • one’s number
comes up
one’s lucky number comes up —said of smb. who is lucky or
has good fortune: My lucky number finally came up when I
was chosen to go to Los Angeles to represent our company at
the conference.
one’s number comes up —(also: one’s number is up) 
1
. one’s
turn for an interview, a haircut, etc. arrives: When my number
came up, I was served cheerfully and taken care of in less than
ten minutes. 2. = one’s lucky number comes up: Bingo thinks
his number has come up now he’s found a great new home in
England! 3. said of smth. very bad happening to a person (be
punished, dismissed, etc.): I was shocked today to hear of his
death. Guess his number finally came up though…
one’s man • one’s own man
one’s man —
1
. smb.’s servant or subordinate: He sent one of
his men on shore for a commercial intercourse with the
natives. 2. smb.’s loyal and trusted man: Kennedy bypassed
Secretary of State … when he appointed his man, Averell Har-
riman, to negotiate a treaty with the Communists. 3. a
woman’s husband, or lover: All the while her man nods in
approval, secretly keeping one eye fixed to the television. 4. a
suitable person: Richard also runs the website so if you have
any questions about the products then he is your man.
one’s own man —
1
. smb. who is independent of other people
and is able to make his own decisions: He had learned some-
thing from all the early masters but he was determined to be
his own man. 2. a person who is in full control of his faculties
and emotions: I felt quite swimmy just now, but I am my own
man again. Let me see, what was I talking about? 3. = one’s
man 2: One of Kennedy’s first acts was to appoint his own
man, James E. Webb to succeed Glennan as Administrator of
NASA.