against all odds en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability.
Against all odds, the inexperienced new player won the tournament.
But, against all the odds, one company is still alive and most definitely kicking.
2022 February 9, Ben Jones, “Batteries included for future shunters”, in RAIL, number 950, page 54:
Synonyms
contrary to all expectations · against all expectations
Translations (28)
fr contre vents et marées (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · pt contra todas as expectativas (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · cmn 不計成敗地 /不计成败地 (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · ca contra totes les expectatives (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · it contro ogni previsione (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · da imod alle odds (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · es contra viento y marea (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · fr contre toute attente (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · nl tegen alle verwachtingen in (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · la contrā tōtum prōgnōsticum (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · sv mot alla odds (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · grc παρ’ ἐλπίδα (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · ko 역경을 딛고 (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · fr contre tout pronostic (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · fi vastoin kaikkea todennäköisyyttä (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · de entgegen aller Erwartungen (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · he כנגד כל הסיכויים (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · de wider Erwarten (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · ca contra tot pronòstic (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · el παρ’ ελπίδα (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · pl na przekór wszystkiemu (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · cmn 不顧一切地 /不顾一切地 (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · es contra todo pronóstico (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · ru вопреки́ всему́ (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · ru несмотря́ ни на что́ (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · pl wbrew wszystkim przeciwnościom (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · no mot alle odds (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) · bg въпреки всичко (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability)