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English
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
against all odds
- (idiomatic) Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability.
- Against all odds, the inexperienced new player won the tournament.
Synonyms
Translations
despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
- Bulgarian: въпреки всичко (vǎpreki vsičko)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 不顧一切地／不顾一切地, 不顾一切地 (búgù yīqiē de), 不計成敗地／不计成败地, 不计成败地 (bùjì chéng bài de)
- Danish: imod alle odds
- Finnish: vastoin kaikkea todennäköisyyttä (lit. contrary to all probability)
- French: contre tout pronostic, contre toute attente (fr), contre vents et marées (fr)
- German: entgegen aller Erwartungen, wider Erwarten (de)
- Greek: παρά τις αντιξοότητες (pará tis antixoótites), παρ' όλες τις αντιξοότητες (par' óles tis antixoótites), κόντρα σε όλα τα προγνωστικά (kóntra se óla ta prognostiká)
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- Italian: contro ogni previsione
- Korean: 역경을 딛고 (yeokgyeongeul ditgo)
- Latin: contra totum prognosticum
- Norwegian: mot alle odds
- Portuguese: contra todas as expectativas
- Russian: вопреки́ всему́ (voprekí vsemú), несмотря́ ни на что́ (ru) (nesmotrjá ni na štó)
- Spanish: contra todo pronóstico, contra viento y marea
- Swedish: mot alla odds
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