Phrases.com »

Phrases related to: chance would be a fine thing Page #10

Yee yee! We've found 805 phrases and idioms matching chance would be a fine thing.

Sort:RelevancyA - Z
histoire de rire1. For the fun of the thing. 2. It was only a joke.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
hit the nail on the headTo do the right thing at the right time and in right way.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
horse's assA thing or person which is visually unappealing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
hot messRefers to a person, thing, or situation in such a state of disarray or disapproval by peers, often in reference to physical appearance, perceived to be disastrously embarrassing, pitiful, or beyond repair.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
humane, modice, moderate, sapienter, constanter ferre aliquidto bear a thing with resignation, composure.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
i could have been a contenderSomething said when would you or someone could have been good at something--good enough to be a professional and compete with others.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
I don't supposeUsed to introduce a question, implying that eliciting an affirmative answer from the interlocutor would be unlikely yet desirable for the speaker.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
i know you know i knowYou already know that this is not a new thing to meRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
I told you soA phrase used to remind someone that they were already warned that a certain event would happen.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
if I were youA phrase said to introduce advice, i.e. to express what one would do in the interlocutor's situation.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
if pigs had wingsShortened form of if pigs had wings they would fly.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
if the shoe fitsMore common version of the original "If the shoe fits, wear it"; If it has all of the characteristics of a thing, it probably is that thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il a eu le malheur de se brouiller avec la justiceHe was unfortunate enough to fall out with justice (i.e. to be punished by imprisonment, fine, etc.).Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il en prendrait sur l'autelHe would rob a church.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il est en passe de devenir ministreHe is in a fair way (he stands a good chance) to become a Cabinet Minister.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il fera beau quand je retournerai chez luiIt will be a very fine day when I go to his house again (i.e. I shall never go).Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il n'a garde de venirHe will take care to keep away; There is no chance of his coming.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il n'y paraît pasOne would not have thought it.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il partira un de ces quatre matinsHe will start one of these fine days.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il répète la même chose à tout bout de champHe repeats the same thing every instant, every time he has the chance.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il se mettrait en quatre pour ses amisHe would do anything for his friends.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il se mettrait en quatre pour un amiHe would go through fire and water for a friend.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il se pique d'un rienHe takes offence at the slightest thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il songe au solideHe has an eye to the main chance.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il tirerait de l'huile d'un murHe would skin a flint, get blood from a stone. Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il tondrait sur un œufHe would skin a flint. Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il voudrait avoir le drap et l'argentHe would like to have his cake and eat it too.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il vous en conte de bellesHe is deceiving you finely; He is telling you fine tales.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in aliqua re dicito be used in speaking of a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquidto take a thing in good (bad) part.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in brevi conspectu ponere aliquidto make a short survey of a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in controversiam vocare, adducere aliquidto make a thing the subject of controversy.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in dubio ponereto throw doubt upon a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in dubium vocareto throw doubt upon a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in lucro ponere aliquid (Flacc. 17. 40)to consider a thing as profit.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in maius accipere aliquidto overestimate a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquidto exaggerate a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in memoriam alicuius redigere, reducere aliquid (not revocare)to recall a thing to a person's mind.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in memoriam alicuius redireto recall to mind a thing or person.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in mentionem alicuius rei incidereto mention a thing incidentally, casually.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in nostros mores inducere aliquid (De Or. 2. 28)to introduce a thing into our customs; to familiarise us with a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in ordinem redigere aliquidto systematise, classify a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in ore habere aliquid (Fam. 6. 18. 5)to harp on a thing, be always talking of it.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in possessionem alicuius rei invadereto take forcible possession of a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in scaenam aliquid inducereto bring a thing upon the stage.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in tabulas publicas referre aliquidto enter a thing in the public records.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in the gamecompeting in a game, with a chance of winning.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in tuto collocare aliquidto ensure the safety of a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in uno conspectu ponere aliquidto give a general idea of a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
incumbere in (ad) aliquidto be energetic about, throw one's heart into a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Alternative searches for chance would be a fine thing:

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
A bird in the hand is worth two in the ________.
A air
B tree
C feather
D bush

Browse Phrases.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ