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iffy proposition
noun as in crapshoot
Strong match
Example Sentences
Ending the grace period for mail ballots already was an iffy proposition because Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly opposes the idea, and GOP leaders didn’t have the two-thirds majority necessary to override her veto of a similar bill last year.
Given the number of pink slips handed out to tech workers lately, that seems an iffy proposition.
Even if a contempt resolution were forthcoming, the next step — referring Trump to the Department of Justice for criminal charges — is another iffy proposition.
Leadership of only one national party is interested in passing climate policy, and your ability to keep Democrats in power — which polls suggest is an iffy proposition at best this November — depends a lot on policy-straddling and contradictions.
He knows better than you and I that actually getting Trump's nominee on the court is an iffy proposition.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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