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Definition 2024

against_all_odds

against all odds

English

Prepositional phrase

against all odds

(idiomatic) Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability.
Against all odds the small community college ended up in the NCAA final four.

Synonyms

against all expectations, contrary to all expectations

Translations

despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability

Chinese:
Mandarin: 不顧一切地, 不顾一切地 ‎(búgù yīqiē de), 不計成敗地, 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), défendre le dernier carré (fr), contre vents et marées (fr)
German: entgegen aller Erwartungen, wider Erwarten (de)
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
Swedish: mot alla odds