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Jenne Phuong
2023-08-30 04:08
Not have a/the ghost of a chance phrase informal
The verb "stand" can substitute for the verb "have".
Have very little chance of succeeding in doing something
He hasn't had the ghost of a chance of winning the race.
He knew that he didn't stand a ghost of a chance of being given the school scholarship, but he still tried his best in the exam.
Nothing but fortunate chance
If you take a flyer (on something), you take a chance, risk, or gamble on it.
The last opportunity for one to achieve something
A second opportunity
Very little chance of succeeding in doing something
The auxiliary verb "do" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This term, which uses "ghost" in the sense of an insubstantial shadow, dates from the nineteenth century. In print, it appeared in "Thomas Hughes’s Tom Brown’s School Days" (1857): “Williams hadn’t the ghost of a chance with Tom at wrestling.”
Do you see anything wrong?
To talk the main part at once, or avoid talking about what is not important
You should get straight to the point.
