单词 | like as not |
释义 | like as notSEE SYNONYMS FOR like as not ON THESAURUS.COM Also, as like as not; as likely as not. In all probability, with an even chance, as in Like as not it'll rain by afternoon, or Likely as not the governor will run for a second term. In the first two terms, like is short for likely in the sense of “probably,” that is, “It is as likely as it is not likely.” [Late 1800s] Words nearby like as notlike a fish out of water, like a house afire, like a lamb to the slaughter, like anything, like a shot, like as not, like as two peas in a pod, like a ton of bricks, like clockwork, like crazy, like death warmed over The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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