have a prayer
have a prayer
To not have any chance at all of doing or achieving something. Almost always used in the negative. With that giant supermarket opening up across the street, our little grocery store won't have a prayer of staying open. You think you can beat me? Ha! You don't have a prayer.
See also: have, prayer
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- prayer
- not have a chance in hell (of doing something)
- run around in circles, to
- not have a cat in hell's chance
- stick at nothing
- within a hair of (something)
- within an ace of
- within an ace of (doing) (something)
- within an ace of something
- within an ace of something/of doing something