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101 have\ a\ fat\ chance\ to
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102 have\ an\ eye\ to\ the\ main\ chance
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103 have\ not\ a\ shadow\ of\ a\ chance
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104 have chance
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105 stand a chance
have a chance нет шансовHe doesn’t stand a chance of getting it.
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106 not a cat's chance
разг.(not a cat(-in-hell)'s chance (тж. not a dog's chance, not the ghost of a chance, not an earthly chance; амер. as much chance as a snowball in hell, not a snowball's chance in hell; австрал. not a Buckley's chance))никаких шансов, ни малейшего шанса (обыкн. употр. с гл. to have); см. тж. no earthly и not to have a ghost of a chanceI have the feeling that if he's once given up, he won't have a dog's chance. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Maid in Waiting’, ch. XXXIV) — Я уверена, что, если его выдадут, ему несдобровать.
‘You won't have the chance of a snowball in hell,’ he was saying, ‘once the case comes to trial.’ (S. Heym, ‘Goldsborough’, ch. 21) — - Если дело дойдет до суда, у вас будет столько же шансов уцелеть, как у снежного кома в адском пламени, - сказал он.
But personally I don't believe we've a dog's chance of finding the thing. (A. Christie, ‘Partners in Crime’, ch. III) — Но лично я думаю, что у нас нет никаких шансов найти жемчужину.
There's no point in his entering for that scholarship; he hasn't a cat-in-hell's chance of gaining it. (ECI) — Нет смысла добиваться стипендии. Ему ее все равно не видать как своих ушей.
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107 bare chance
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108 sporting chance
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109 treble chance
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110 fighting chance
the patient has a fighting chance to live — больной борется за жизнь и, возможно, выживет
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111 stand a chance
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112 not have etc a chance in hell
expr infmlI didn't have a chance in hell of getting off — Надежды, что меня отпустят с миром, не было никакой
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > not have etc a chance in hell
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113 fighting chance
nounhave a fighting chance of succeeding/of doing something — Aussicht auf Erfolg haben/gute Chancen haben, etwas zu tun
* * *fight·ing ˈchancen reelle Chancealthough the odds are against us we do have a \fighting chance of getting a mortgage obwohl unsere Chancen schlechtstehen, besteht die Möglichkeit, dass wir ein Hypothekendarlehen bekommenthere's a \fighting chance that... es gibt eine reelle Chance, dass...* * ** * *nounhave a fighting chance of succeeding/of doing something — Aussicht auf Erfolg haben/gute Chancen haben, etwas zu tun
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114 an even chance
(equal probability for and against: We have an even chance of success.) fifty/fifty; rimelig chance* * *(equal probability for and against: We have an even chance of success.) fifty/fifty; rimelig chance -
115 the main chance
нажива, обогащение; личные (особ. корыстные) цели, корысть (обыкн. have или with an eye to the main chance); см. тж. have an eye to the main chance и with an eye to the main chanceThe education of Mr. Jonas had been conducted from his cradle on the strictest principles of the main chance. The very first word he learnt to spell was "gain", and the second (when he got into two syllables), "money". (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. VIII) — Воспитание мистера Джонаса было самое строгое и с колыбели имело в виду главным образом корысть. Первое слово, которое он научился складывать, было "деньги", а второе (когда он добрался до трехсложных слов) - "нажива"
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116 to be in with a fighting chance / have a fighting chance
to be in with a fighting chance / have a fighting chancetener posibilidades de ganarEnglish-spanish dictionary > to be in with a fighting chance / have a fighting chance
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117 not have a Chinaman's chance
амер.; жарг.не иметь никаких шансов [оборот связан с трудными условиями жизни китайцев в условиях сегрегации]If you are ready and able to give up everything else, and will study the market and every stock listed there... and will glue your nose to the ticker tape at the opening of every day of the year and never take it off till night... you have a Chinaman's chance. (‘New York Mirror’) — Если вы откажетесь от всего в жизни и будете только изучать положение дел на фондовой бирже... если будете ежедневно с утра до вечера, не поднимая головы следить за телеграфным аппаратом, печатающим на ленте последние биржевые новости... у вас все равно будет очень мало шансов разбогатеть.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > not have a Chinaman's chance
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118 not to have a ghost of a chance
не иметь ни малейшего шанса, не иметь никаких шансов, ни малейшей надежды; см. тж. not a cat's chance‘Chances be d-d,’ replied Price, ‘he hasn't half the ghost of one.’ (Ch. Dickens, ‘Pickwick Papers’, ch. XI) — - Какие к черту шансы! - отозвался Прайс. - Нет у него никаких шансов.
...she had no ghost of a chance any longer of earning a living. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories,’, ‘Flotsam and Jetsam’) —...у миссис Грейндж не было больше ни малейшей надежды хоть чем-то заработать на жизнь.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > not to have a ghost of a chance
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119 as chance will have it
paзг.тaк cлучилocь, чтo; кaк нapoчнo, кaк нaзлo I'm going to London myself tomorrow night as chance will have it, so maybe we can travel together -
120 fighting chance
fight·ing 'chance nreelle Chance;although the odds are against us we do have a \fighting chance of getting a mortgage obwohl unsere Chancen schlecht stehen, besteht die Möglichkeit, dass wir ein Hypothekendarlehen bekommen;there's a \fighting chance that... es gibt eine reelle Chance, dass...
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