lay odds 的定义
- Make a bet on terms favorable to the other party, as in I'll lay odds that it will rain before the week is out. [c. 1600] The closely related lay a wager means “make a bet,” as in He laid a wager that Don would be late. [c. 1300]
lay odds 近义词
等同于 bet
更多lay odds例句
- One police officer was coolly dispatched as he lay wounded on the sidewalk.
- The odds of getting re-arrested are a lot slimmer if a person has a job.
- In 1972, Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie was the odds-on favorite to win the Democratic Presidential nomination.
- But taking such action puts them at odds with the most powerful and best-organized segment of their coalition.
- Lay the butterflied pork loin on the cutting board with the fat cap facing down.
- A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
- The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
- At the sight, Felipe flung himself on his knees before her; he kissed the aged hands as they lay trembling in her lap.
- Alone Orlean lay trying vainly to forget something—something that stood like a spectre before her eyes.
- Sometimes the child lay so still that Aristide arose to see whether he was alive.