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Expressions with the word CHANCE

the chances are (that)... - it is likely that...

no chance - no possibility

a fighting chance - a slight chance of success dependent on a struggle

a sporting chance - a reasonable chance of success

by any chance - used especially in questions, to ask whether something is true, possible, etc.

stand a chance - to be likely to achieve something

fat chance - used for emphasizing that you think something is extremely unlikely

on the off chance - doing something even though you think it is unlikely to succeed

blow it - to destroy your own chance of succeeding, or to waste a good opportunity

chance on/upon - to find or see someone or something when you did not expect to

not have a/the ghost of a chance - to have no chance at all

not have a cat in hell's chance / not have a snowball's chance (in hell) - to be completely unable to achieve something

take a chance - to decide to do something, knowing that it might be the wrong choice

a game of chance - an activity, especially one in which you gamble money, that depends on luck instead of skill

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1. He has won every race he has ever entered. The chancechances arefat chanceI don't know that he'll win this one too.

2. Mum, I don't think I'll be any good at that sport. - You'll never know, dear, unless you take a chanceby any chancefat chanceI don't know.

3. I'll beat you at that game. - No you won't! I've won every other game, so you don't fat chancetake a chancestand a chanceI don't know.

4. I was walking down the street and I just happened to chance uponstand a chancein chanceI don't know this huge bag of money!

5. Excuse me, sir. Could you give me a couple of dollars for petrol, chance uponchances areby any chanceI don't know?

6. By any chanceFat chanceChances areI don't know! Go and earn your own money!

7. Right now, the game could go either way and it really comes down to the luck of the draw. It is really just a game of chancestand a chancefat chanceI don't know.

8. I wish I had done better in the piano competition. That person is so much better than I. I don't game of chancehave a ghost of a chancefat chanceI don't know of winning.

9. Doctor: Your son is extremely ill, but he does have a fat chanceno chancefighting chanceI don't know if he can make it through the next few days.

10. There is no way for him to succeed now. He hasn't a cat in hell's chanceno chanceoff chanceI don't know of success.

11. I'm contacting you on the off chanceto chanceany chanceI don't know that you'll be able to take my place at the meeting. - No, you're right. I'm not available. Sorry!

12. There is on the off chanceno chanceby any chanceI don't know that he'll change his mind.