IDIOM OF THE DAY: AGAINST ALL ODDS


 

AGAINST ALL ODDS  has its Spanish equivalent in CONTRA TODO PRONÓSTICO.

"Despite success being very unlikely." Merriam Webster Dictionary.

"The Tokyo Olympic Games took place against all odds, seemingly without an ounce of common sense." WAMC.org. August 12, 20121.

"Against all odds, Greece's COVID-wracked tourism rebounding." National Herald, August 8, 2021.

N.B. From my work in progress The Larger Phraseological Dictionary, English/Spanish.




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