| 单词 | the house never loses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe house never loses P12. Gambling (originally U.S.). In various phrases indicating that the odds in most games favour the casino, as the house always wins, the house never loses, etc. Also in extended use.Sometimes as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1892 Chicago Tribune 30 Jan. 13/5 A species of petty gambling where the ‘house’ always wins. 1924 Amer. Mercury Sept. 114/1 The healers send them around to this Eddyite of the sporting past. He alone knows how to shuffle the metaphysical cards so that the house always wins. 1947 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 14 July 6/3 Casinos may lose money on certain days... But over the long stretch the house never loses. 1977 Cincinnati Mag. July /1 You can't beat the house very long. Most full-time speculators eventually lose their shirts. 1991 S. T. H. Bruyn Future for Amer. Econ. 126 In Las Vegas, the house always wins. 2008 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 31 May d8 She had fought a courageous battle against cancer... But the odds were against her, and the house always wins in the end. < as lemmas |
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