Английский словарь американских идиом - odds
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~ n plural 1 »PROBABILITY« how likely it is that something will or will not happen, especially when this can be stated in numbers (If you are male, the odds are about 1 in 12 of being colour-blind. | the odds are (that) (=it is likely)) (Invest now - the odds are that the share prices will rise after the budget. | odds in favour of) (The odds are in favour of a Russian victory. | odds against) (The odds against you getting killed in a plane crash are around a million to one.) 2 »DIFFICULTIES« a) enormous/heavy odds difficulties which make a good result seem very unlikely (Theresa has overcome enormous odds to get where she is today.) b) against all (the) odds in spite of great difficulties (Against all the odds, racing driver Lauda recovered from his terrible injuries.) 3 be at odds (with) a) to disagree (Briggs found himself at odds with his colleagues at NASA.) b) if two statements, descriptions, actions etc are at odds with each other, they are different although they should be the same (Burt's latest evidence is at odds with his earlier statements.) 4 »HORSE RACING ETC« numbers based on the probability of a horse winning a race, or a particular result in any competition, which show by how much you can increase your money if you bet1 (1) on the one that wins (I bet -10 on Broadway Flyer with the odds at 6-1. | lay/offer (sb) odds) (I laid him odds of 7-2. | long/short odds (=odds based on a high or low risk of losing)) 5 it makes no odds/what's the odds? BrE spoken it makes no difference (You can pay me now or later - it makes no odds.) 6 pay/charge over the odds BrE informal to pay or charge a higher price than is usual or reasonable (There's always somebody ready to pay over the odds for a designer jacket.) (- see also have the odds stacked against you stack2 (3)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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1. You refer to how likely something is to happen as the odds that it will happen. What are the odds of finding a parking space right outside the door?... The odds are that you are going to fail. N-PLURAL: usu the N see also odds-on 2. In betting, odds are expressions with numbers such as ‘10 to 1’ and ‘7 to 2’ that show how likely something is thought to be, for example how likely a particular horse is to lose or win a race. Gavin Jones, who put ?25 on Eugene, at odds of 50 to 1, has won ?1,250. N-PLURAL 3. If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other. He was at odds with his Prime Minister... An adviser said there was no reason why the two countries should remain at odds. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, oft PHR with n 4. If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed. He reckoned the odds are against the scheme going ahead... PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n 5. If something happens against all odds, it happens or succeeds although it seemed impossible or very unlikely. Some women do manage to achieve business success against all odds... PHRASE: PHR with cl 6. If you say that the odds are in someone’s favour, you mean that they are likely to succeed in what they are doing. His troops will only engage in a ground battle when all the odds are in their favour. PHRASE: V inflects 7. To shorten the odds on something happening means to make it more likely to happen. To lengthen the odds means to make it less likely to happen. You can also say that the odds shorten or lengthen. His reception there shortened the odds that he might be the next Tory leader. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1520 1. a. archaic inequalities b. obsolete degree of unlikeness 2. a. an amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another won the election by considerable ~ b. (1) a difference favoring one of two opposed things overwhelming ~ (2) a difference in terms of advantage or disadvantage what's the ~, if thinking so makes them happy — Flora Thompson c. (1) the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another ; chances the ~ are against it (2) the ratio of the probability of one event to that of an alternative event 3. disagreement, variance — usually used with at faculty and administration often are at ~ on everything — W. E. Brock b1930 4. a. special favor ; partiality b. an allowance granted by one making a bet to one accepting the bet and designed to equalize the chances favoring one of the bettors c. the ratio between the amount to be paid off for a winning bet and the amount of the bet ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n.pl. 1 the ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way. 2 the chances or balance of probability in favour of or against some result (the odds are against it; the odds are that it will rain). 3 the balance of advantage (the odds are in your favour; won against all the odds). 4 an equalizing allowance to a weaker competitor. 5 a difference giving an advantage (it makes no odds). Phrases and idioms at odds (often foll. by with) in conflict or at variance. by all odds certainly. lay (or give) odds offer a bet with odds favourable to the other better. odds and ends miscellaneous articles or remnants. odds-on a state when success is more likely than failure, esp. as indicated by the betting odds. over the odds above a generally agreed price etc. take odds offer a bet with odds unfavourable to the other better. what's the odds? colloq. what does it matter? Etymology: app. pl. of ODD n.: cf. NEWS ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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неравенство; расхождение; разница ODDS сущ.; мн. ч. 1) разница, неравенство 2) шансы, преимущество, перевес - be at odds - give odds - long odds - make odds even - receive odds - short odds ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч. шансы, вероятность, возможность long odds —- неравные шансы; значительное неравенство ставок short odds —- почти равные шансы against (all) the odds —- несмотря ни на что by fll odds —- по всей вероятности the odds are ten-to-one —- шансы - десять против одного the odds are two-to-one that it won't rain today —- два против одного, что сегодня не будет дождя heavy odds were against him —- у него было мало шансов (на успех) 2. преимущество, перевес; превосходство (одной из сторон) against heavy odds —- в исключительно неблагоприятных условиях, против значительно превосходящих сил to ask no odds —- ам. не добиваться преимуществ to give odds —- давать преимущество to win the election by considerable odds —- пройти на выборах со значительным перевесом the odds are in our favour —- перевес на нашей стороне the odds are against us —- обстоятельства против нас 3. спорт. гандикап 4. разногласия to be at odds —- иметь разногласия; быть в ссоре (с кем-л.); не гармонировать, находиться в противоречии, расходиться, не соответствовать; находиться в неблагоприятных условиях 5. разница, неравенство over the odds —- слишком много, с избытком; более чем достаточно to make odds even —- устранить различия Id: what's the odds? —- какое это имеет значение?; ну и что?; спорт. какой...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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and ends остатки; обрезки; обрывки; хлам; случайные предметы, всякая всячина ODDS noun; pl., usu. as sg. 1) неравенство; разница; with heavy odds against them - а) против значительно превосходящих сил; б) в исключительно неблагоприятных условиях; - make odds even 2) разногласие; to be at odds with smb. - не ладить с кем-л., ссориться с кем-л. (about - из-за чего-л.); to be at odds with smth. - не гармонировать с чем-л., не соответствовать чему-л. 3) преимущество; гандикап; the odds are in our favour - перевес на нашей стороне; - give odds - receive odds 4) шансы; the odds are that he will do it - вероятнее всего, что он это сделает; long (short) odds - неравные (почти равные) шансы; odds on - шансы на выигрыш выше, чем у противника - by long odds it makes no odds не составляет никакой разницы; несущественно whats the odds? а) в чем разница?; какое это имеет значение?; б) sport какой счет? - odds and ends - shout the odds ...Англо-русский словарь
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