The chances are, as in The odds are that they'll serve turkey for Thanksgiving. Replacing it is odds by the late 1600s, this phrase refers to betting.
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- odds (Idiom)
- Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo (Quotes By)
- conflict
- diverge
- odds and ends
- disparate
- odds ratio
- oddment
- Folk You/The Guido Sessions (1989 Album by Jr. Gone Wild)
- by all odds (Idiom)
- even money (Idiom)
- Beat the Odds Business (1990 Business TV Series)
- odds-on
- Right Price (in poker)
