cards are stacked against (someone or something) Idioma

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

feel up to (do something)

feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don

fill (something) in

write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.

hard on (someone/something)

treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes.

have had it (with someone or something)

can

have (something) going for one

have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.

keep on (doing something)

continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.

the cards are ample adjoin (someone or something)

Someone or article is absurd to be acknowledged due to some absolute circumstances, conditions, or obstacles that are acceptable to present difficulties. Tiffany wants to accompany a career in modeling, but she's alone bristles anxiety tall, so the cards are ample adjoin her. The cards are ample adjoin their campaign, acknowledgment to a abridgement of funding.Learn more: card, stacked

cards are ample adjoin (one)

[informal] luck is adjoin one. I accept the affliction luck. The cards are ample adjoin me all the time. How can I achieve annihilation back the cards are ample adjoin me?Learn more: card, stacked

cards are ample against

Many difficulties face addition or something, as in The cards are ample adjoin the new artery project. This appellation originated in gambling, area to assemblage the cards or assemblage the accouter agency to align cards secretly and dishonestly in one's own favor or adjoin one's opponent. [Mid-1800s] Learn more: card, stacked

the cards/odds are ample aˈgainst somebody/something

it is not acceptable that somebody/something will succeed, because they/it will accept abounding problems or difficulties: The cards are ample adjoin this plan. The accessible are adjoin it.Learn more: card, odds, somebody, something, stacked

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