against all odds

1. 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.

Example Sentences

But against all odds, Chelsea’s expensive, risky, often dizzying strategy finally seems to be working.

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In an echo of the robber-baron era, the right political connections can even help you remain free, seemingly against all odds.

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Against all odds, after enduring a deeply challenging year both physically and emotionally, Hodgkinson has come back from a 376 day wait to make her bow as Olympic champion with her fifth successive global podium.

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"Yes, he is one of the top pound-for-pound boxers in the world, but my motto is anyone, anytime, anyplace, against all odds," Paul wrote on X, external.

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But their conference - which will meet again in September - is working against all odds.

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