10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHANCE ONE'S ARM»
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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
I don't usually ride horses, but this time I will chance it. chance one's arm • one
would give his right arm chance one's arm—do smth. in the face of probable
failure; take one's chance of doing smth. successfully: He chanced his arm in
pursuit of ...
... LONG on someone's arm fnK A? te^i1lȣSS ! shot in the arm fit SHOT the long
arm of the law )£ LONG to chance one's arm M CHANCE to give one's right arm
W, RIGHT to twist someone's arm f£ TWIST under one's arm (ft A) JfrS^H fH#8§ ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
... one's luck or chance one's arm to take a risk, although the likelihood of success
is slim, chance would be a fine thing! colloq some hope! the chances are. ..it is
likely that... an eye to the main chance a tendency to act from motives of personal
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... arms about the decision to close the road. chance one's arm e< chance. keep
at arm's length to avoid becoming too friendly with (someone): She keeps her
new neighbours at arm's length. lay down one's arms to surrender; to stop
lighting or ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... the decision to close the road. chance one's arm see chance. keep at arm's
length to avoid becoming too friendly with (someone): She keeps her new
neighbours at arm's length. lay down one's arms to surrender; to stop fighting or
opposing ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
Chance one's arm Take a chance of (success though failure is probable) When
the team was in dire straits, every batsman decided to chance his arm. Change
colour Turn pale He changed colour when I asked him about his native place and
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Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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Mongolian English Dictionary
... myynaxan aanbiraa urYTaaunfrr rmnrax to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
, ~ manor (~ matron) trusting to luck, ~ Hb opxncon down on one's luck, ~ copnx (
~ "rypumx, asaa vaax) to try one's luck, to chance one's arm, to have a go, to risk
...
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Bachiesichang Dictionary of English Errors
Eg chance upon/on/across – PHRASES by any chance, chance one's arm, on the
(off) chance, stand a chance, take a chance (or chances), take a chance, take
one's chance. 8 He had better chances to become a football star. He had better ...
King Sulleyman D. Bachiesichang, 2013
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
New Idea. arm/ chance one's arm/luck Br., Aus. col. take ariskin obtaining smth.
or doingsmth. new. arm/ on the arm Am. sl. 1. on credit. 2. free of charge. arm/ put
the arm on sb. Am., Can. col. try to force sb. to do smth.: you are trying toput the ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
CHANCE as chance would have it by coincidence As chance would have it, we
both arrived there at the same time. chance one's arm do something risky You 're
really chancing your arm, trying to cheat in the exam. by any chance possibly Did
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2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHANCE ONE'S ARM»
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Kilkenny face journey into the unknown against Galway once again
To venture anything more definitive than that is to chance one's arm. Galway have taught us not to try. PS: Cody retired from teaching last week. «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
The spying game: what a 15th-century Irish warlord can teach …
And the claim that this event gave us the expression “to chance one's arm”, though charming, seems improbable. But FitzGerald's gesture tells ... «The Conversation, Dec 13»
