单词 | in the dice |
释义 | > as lemmasin the dice P5. in the dice: liable to turn up, as a contingent possibility (cf. on the cards at card n.2 Phrases 7b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] likelya1400 seemlya1400 probable?a1425 allowablec1443 seeming?c1450 apt1528 topical1594 liking1611 suspicable1651 presumable1655 feasible1656 suspected1706 in the cards1764 on the cards1788 in the dice1844 liable1888 better-than-chance1964 1844 T. De Quincey Greece under Romans in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 524/1 It is hardly ‘in the dice’ that any downright novelty of fact should remain in reversion for this 19th century. < as lemmas |
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