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Oct 7, 2008 · If something 'defies the odds', it means that what happened was not expected, e.g.: "The team defied the odds by winning the match" = The team were not expected to win the match (there was a low chance of them winning), therefore by winning, they defied the odds. So 'odds-defying' is an adjective to refer to something that was completely ...
Feb 1, 2019 · Definition of defying the odds Managing to do something which was unlikely, or managing to avoid something which was likely. Literally it means to go against (defy) the likely outcome (the odds).|"Odds" in this phrase means something that there is a low chance of it happening. For example, maybe there's a girl with cancer. Doctors say she has a 3% chance of living. That's a very low chance. Well if she lives she defied the odds.|Doing something that seemed hard to do |@hirofumi No problem :)
Feb 9, 2019 · Definition of defying odds It means to achieve something that seems so unlikely or even impossible. English (US) French (France) German Italian Japanese Korean Polish Portuguese (Brazil) Portuguese (Portugal) Russian Simplified Chinese (China) Spanish (Mexico) Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) Turkish Vietnamese
【ネイティブが回答】「defying the odds」ってどういう意味？質問に6件の回答が集まっています！Hinativeでは"英語（アメリカ）"や外国語の勉強で気になったことを、ネイティブスピーカーに簡単に質問できます。
Định nghĩa defying the odds Managing to do something which was unlikely, or managing to avoid something which was likely. Literally it means to go against (defy) the likely outcome (the odds).|"Odds" in this phrase means something that there is a low chance of it happening. For example, maybe there's a girl with cancer. Doctors say she has a 3% chance of living. That's a very low chance. Well if she lives she defied the odds.|Doing something that seemed hard to do |@hirofumi No problem :)
Aug 22, 2009 · Los Angeles, California. English, USA. Aug 24, 2009. #6. In this particular case it's talking about flying on a broomstick. As pickarooney said, "defying gravity" is a common phrase for the concept of flying or floating without mechanical assistance. (I suppose a broomstick could be considered "mechanical assistance".
May 17, 2007 · Here odds is not contrasted with evens, but instead is refering to ratios representing the probability of success or failure. These are like gambling odds. From the way the song reads we see that we are talking about the "gambling odds" of something negative happening increasing (rising), that is why we want someone to come and fight against ...
defying the oddsManaging to do something which was unlikely, or managing to avoid something which was likely. Literally it means to go against (defy) the likely outcome (the odds).|"Odds" in this phrase means something that there is a low chance of it happening. For example, maybe there's a girl with cancer. Doctors say she has a 3% chance of living. That's a very low chance. Well if she lives she defied the odds.|Doing something that seemed hard to do |@hirofumi No problem :)的定义
Jun 26, 2008 · Mi aiutate a tradurre odds-defying? Lo dice una donna che ha appena perso il lavoro, faceva la venditrice di cosmetici porta a porta. Sta parlando con la figlia (una vera fannullona, e non ha la minima intenzione di trovarsi un lavoro) Ecco il dialogo: "I started in that so well; and then so many disappointments. Seems impossible. Odds-defying.
Jun 16, 2021 · Turkish. Jun 16, 2021. #1. What's the meaning of "Over futile odds". It's from Amy Winehouse's "Love Is a Losing Game". Over futile odds. And laughed at by the gods. And now the final frame. Love is a losing game.
