have the cards stacked up against (someone or something)
have the cards stacked up against (someone or something)
To be unlikely to be succeed due to some existing circumstances, conditions, or obstacles that are likely to present difficulties. Tiffany wants to pursue a career in modeling, but she's only five feet tall, so she has the cards stacked up against her. Their campaign has the cards stacked up against it, thanks to a lack of funding.
See also: card, have, stacked, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- have the cards stacked against
- have the cards stacked against (someone or something)
- the deck is stacked against (someone or something)
- have the deck stacked against
- have the deck stacked against (someone or something)
- odds are against one
- the cards are stacked against (someone or something)
- the cards/odds are stacked against somebody/something
- the odds are against (someone or something)
- the odds are stacked against (someone or something)