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单词 a chance in a million
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a (also one) chance in a million
P3. a (also one) chance in a million: a very low probability, esp. of a favourable outcome; a highly improbable eventuality or occurrence.
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1874 Appletons' Jrnl. 24 Jan. 100/2 The only known way to get it [sc. the safe] open was by turning the dial to certain numbers in a definite order..and there was scarcely one chance in a million that anybody had guessed it.
1900 Overland Monthly Nov. 458/1 He must die in combat with a lion. On the next high feast day the combat should take place—a combat to the death, with one chance in a million for the man.
1958 I. Fleming Dr. No ii. 23 Luckily the doctor had worked in South America. Diagnosed curare and treated him accordingly. But it was a chance in a million.
1990 E. Blair Maggie Jordan (BNC) ii. 45 Our entire street was washed away, and my family with it. It was a chance in a million that I came through it all alive.
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