against all odds
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability.
- Against all odds, the inexperienced new player won the tournament.
- against all expectations, contrary to all expectations
- French: contre tout pronostic, contre toute attente, contre vents et marées
- German: entgegen aller Erwartungen, wider Erwarten
- Italian: contro ogni previsione
- Portuguese: contra todas as expectativas
- Russian: вопреки́ всему́
- Spanish: contra todo pronóstico, contra viento y marea
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