hundred-to-one shot
Example Sentences
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He plays a hundred-to-one shot like he was puttin' money on a favorite.
From Wilt Thou Torchy by Ford, Sewell
It's a hundred-to-one shot in the first place, and there is Arthur in the second.
From Checkers A Hard-luck Story by Blossom, Henry M.
Movements of any kind would be sure to discover them to the enemy lookout, but lacking that movement it is a hundred-to-one shot they will be undetected.
From The Emma Gees by McBride, Herbert Wes
It’s a hundred-to-one shot that father will never see his rug again.
From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
Don't know what they are," he whispered to me, "but I'll take a hundred-to-one shot on anything he says.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry
