not to have a ghost of a chance
- not to have a ghost of a chance
не иметь ни малейшего шанса, не иметь никаких шансов, ни малейшей надежды; тж. not a cat's chance
‘Chances be d-d,’ replied Price, ‘he hasn't half the ghost of one.’ (Ch. Dickens, ‘Pickwick Papers’, ch. XI) — - Какие к черту шансы! - отозвался Прайс. - Нет у него никаких шансов.
...she had no ghost of a chance any longer of earning a living. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories,’, ‘Flotsam and Jetsam’) — ...у миссис Грейндж не было больше ни малейшей надежды хоть чем-то заработать на жизнь.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
2006.
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