not have a prayer

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To have no chance or possibility, usually in the face of peril or adversity. idiomatic,informal
    — When the lights went dark in their flooded compartment, the submariners knew that they did not have a prayer.

词源

Implies that not even divine intervention could save the person.
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