on the chance

on the chance
разг.
(on the (off-)chance (of, that))
на случай, если; в надежде; на всякий случай; см. тж. an off-chance

No matter, we must try to cut this man down, on the chance that there might be life in him, yet, mustn't we? (M. Twain, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in Kins Arthur's Court’, ch. 30) — Тем не менее, разве мы не обязаны были перерезать веревку, на которой висел этот человек, чтобы узнать, не теплится ли в нем еще жизнь?

I've even looked up the date of his birth on the off chance that his birthday might be close. But it's months away... (J. O'Hara, ‘Assembly’, ‘The Man with the Broken Arm’) — Я даже на всякий случай поинтересовался, скоро ли у него день рождения. Но оказалось - через несколько месяцев...

I'm not inclined to go up on the off chance. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Masters’, ch. 18) — Я не склонен выставлять свою кандидатуру, раз нет полной уверенности в избрании.

He... telephoned Annie on the chance that she might be home. (M. Wilson, ‘Meeting at a Far Meridian’, ch. 8) — Ник... на всякий случай позвонил Анни: быть может, она уже дома.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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