18 phrases found for the topic Likelihood
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Phrase: Heads or tails?
Meaning: You choose one of the two sides of a coin, you toss the coin, and if the side that you have chosen is up when it lands, you win.
Example:
-Heads or tails?
-Heads.
(The coin is flipped...)
-Tails. I win. You lose.
Date: 20-07-2021
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Phrase: Eenie, meenie, miney, moe
Meaning: We use it when choosing something at random.
Example:
You have four options, and only one is correct, but please do not go eenie, meenie, miney, moe.
Date: 11-04-2021
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Phrase: At random
Meaning: Without being planned, without following any pattern, haphazardly.
Examples:
Choose a card at random, and do not show it to me.
This script generates numbers at random.
He opened the photo(graph) album at random.
We picked several candidates at random.
Date: 21-01-2021
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Phrase: Be a safe bet / a sure bet / a fair bet
Meaning: Example: I think your promotion is a safe bet (= very likely).
Date: 17-09-2017
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Phrase: Give somebody a shot (that is, a chance)
Give something a shot (that is, try it)
Meaning: Examples:
I'll give him a shot, and if he's good, he can stay.
I've never done any parachuting, but I find adventurous/adventure sports interesting, so I'll give it a shot.
Date: 11-07-2015
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Phrase: Fight a losing battle
Meaning: If somebody says, «You are fighting a losing battle», he implies that you are wasting your time on something, because you have no possibility to succeed
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Phrase: Flog a dead horse
Meaning: To waste your time trying to convince someone to do something.
Examples:
You are flogging a dead horse. He's an atheist and will never hear mass.
Don't you see that there is nobody interested? You're flogging a dead horse.
Mum, you are flogging a dead horse. Dad will never dress up as Little Red Riding Hood.
You have already asked her ten times to marry you, and she has always said, 'No, I won't marry you.' Why do you insist on flogging a dead horse?
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Phrase: In the bag
Meaning: Something that is in the bag, it is settled, it is a sure thing.
Examples:
Do not worry. Your promotion is in the bag. You can bet on it.
The match next Sunday is in the bag. We are far better than they are. They do not stand a chance. They cannot beat us.
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Phrase: Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
Meaning: It is very unlikely that somebody will suffer the same misfortune twice: Come on, Peter! Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
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Phrase: Not to have (or stand) a dog's chance
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Phrase: Not to have a cat in hell's chance
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Phrase: Not to have a snowball's chance in hell
Meaning: Impossible or almost impossible to succeed: You have not studied at all, so you do not have a snowball's chance in hell of passing your examinations
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Phrase: Not to stand a chance
Meaning: Have little or no possibility.
Example:
You have not studied at all, so you do not stand a chance of passing your examinations. You will fail all of them.
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Phrase: On the cards
Meaning: If something is on the cards, it is likely to happen
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Phrase: Statistics are like bikinis... what they reveal is suggestive, what they hide is essential!
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Phrase: Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than what they hide
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Phrase: The die is cast
Meaning: Things cannot be changed
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Phrase: Those who wander are not always lost
Author: J.K.K. Tolkien
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