leave nothing to chance

leave nothing to chance
ни в чём не полагаться на волю случая, исключить всякую случайность, предусмотреть всё

‘What it is to have to di with a woman of experience,’ said Machiavelli. ‘She leaves nothing to chance.’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘Then and Now’, ch. XXII) — - Вот что значит иметь дело с опытной женщиной, - сказал Макиавелли. - Она ни в чем не полагается на волю случая.

The weeks went by. Skeffington's campaign began to build, slowly and expertly; in its meticulous progression nothing was left to chance. (E. O'Connor, ‘The Last Hurrah’, part II, ch. VI) — Время шло. Избирательная кампания Скеффингтона медленно, но верно входила в свое привычное русло. Всякая случайность была исключена.


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

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