against all odds
In spite of seeming very unlikely, as in Against all odds we had a snowstorm in early May, or Against all odds the slower team won. This transfer of a betting term to general usage occurred about 1900.
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How to use against all odds in a sentence
And talk about an against-all-odds romance: for years it seemed as though nothing could keep Hunter and Edwards apart.
What You Can Learn From John Edwards and Rielle Hunter | Michelle Cottle | June 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is precisely the sort of inspirational, irresistible against-all-odds victory from which blockbuster fiction is made.
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