dice

dice with death

To do something very risky or dangerous. Of course he's taking out his motorcycle in the pouring rain—he's always dicing with death.

See also: death, dice

load the dice (against one)

To rig something so that the outcome is predetermined to put one at a disadvantage. It's the first democratic election in the region in over 50 years, but it's all a sham—the military has loaded the dice so that they'll remain in power. It's no use trying to get justice against a company that big. They have so much power and influence that they've already loaded the dice against you.

loaded dice

1. Literally, dice that have each been weighted to one side so as to increase the odds of their landing on the opposite number. When they found out we'd been using loaded dice, they threw us out of the club and told us to never come back.

2. By extension, a means of gaining an advantage through the exploitation or manipulation of rules or regulations. At the height of the economic boom, investment bankers were using sub-prime mortgages with falsified credit ratings as loaded dice to make as much money as possible.

no dice

No luck; no chance; certainly not. Often said as a response indicating a total refusal or rejection. I tried swapping out the carburetor, but no dice. A: "Would you help me wash the dishes?" B: "Sorry, no dice. I've got somewhere I need to be."

See also: dice, no

no matter how the dice fall

Regardless of how a situation unfolds. Emily isn't sure that she can make it tonight, but no matter how the dice fall, I'll be there. No one is quite sure how this new legislation will affect businesses, but we've got to be prepared no matter how the dice fall.

no matter which way the dice fall

Regardless of how a situation unfolds. Emily isn't sure that she can make it tonight, but no matter which way the dice fall, I'll be there. No one is quite sure how this new legislation will affect businesses, but we've got to be prepared no matter which way the dice fall.

play with loaded dice

1. Literally, to use dice that have been weighted to one side so as to increase the odds of their landing on the opposite number. When they found out we'd been playing with loaded dice, they threw us out of the club and told us to never come back.

2. By extension, to gain an advantage through the exploitation or manipulation of rules or regulations. At the height of the economic boom, investment bankers were playing with loaded dice by using sub-prime mortgages with falsified credit ratings to make as much money as possible.

roll the dice

1. Literally, to roll dice, as for or in a game of chance. I'm usually not much of a gambler, but I couldn't resist heading to the craps table to roll the dice!

2. By extension, to take some risk on the hope or chance of a fortunate outcome. Look, worst case scenario is that we get hit with a fine, so I say we just roll the dice and hope it doesn't come to that.

the dice are loaded

A positive outcome is unlikely due to circumstances perceived as unfortunate or unlucky. I have a record, so when it comes to finding employment, the dice are loaded.

the dice are loaded against (one)

A positive outcome for one is unlikely due to circumstances perceived as unfortunate or unlucky. I have a record, so when it comes to finding employment, the dice are loaded against me.

no dice

Inf. no; not possible. When I asked about a loan, he said, "No dice." No. It can't be done, no dice.

See also: dice, no

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

dice are loaded, the

see under load the dice.

load the dice

Rig the odds so there is little chance for another person to win; cheat. For example, There's no way we can win this contest; they've loaded the dice. This expression is also put as the dice are loaded, as in There's no point in trying; the dice are loaded. This expression alludes to adding weight to one side or another of dice so that they will always come up with certain numbers facing upward. [Late 1800s]

no dice

Also, no go; no soap. No, certainly not; also, impossible. For example, Anthony wanted to borrow my new coat, but Mom said no dice, or We tried to rent the church for the wedding, but it's no go for the date you picked, or Jim asked Dad to help pay for the repairs, but Dad said no soap. All of these slangy expressions indicate refusal or an unsuccessful attempt. No dice, from the 1920s, alludes to an unlucky throw in gambling; no go, alluding to lack of progress, dates from about 1820; and no soap dates from about 1920 and possibly alludes to the phrase it won't wash, meaning "it won't find acceptance." Also see nothing doing; won't wash.

See also: dice, no

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

dice with death

BRITISH

If someone dices with death, they take risks that put their lives in danger. Fishermen are constantly dicing with death. I dice with death almost every night crossing the road outside Maidstone Barracks station. Note: To dice means to play dice, or to gamble.

See also: death, dice

the dice is loaded against someone

the dice are loaded against someone

If the dice is loaded against you or the dice are loaded against you, you are in a situation where things have been arranged to cause a disadvantage for you. I had survived that night on the mountain when all the dice were loaded against me. Note: You can also say that the dice is loaded in your favour or the dice are loaded in your favour if you are in a situation where things have been arranged to cause an advantage for you. Insist on your rights. The dice are loaded in your favour — after all, you are the one with the money. Note: Players who wanted to cheat at dice games sometimes `loaded' or weighted the dice so that they tended to fall in a particular way.

no dice

1. If you are trying to achieve something and you say there's no dice, you mean that you are having no success with it. I tried calling her and I tried one or two of her old friends in Hampstead, but there was no dice. I was hoping he'd offer me a ride in his hot-air balloon, but no dice.

2. If someone asks you for something and you reply no dice, you are refusing to do what they ask. Nope, sorry, we're not interested, no dice. Note: This expression comes from the game of craps (= a game that uses dice), and means that the player's last throw is not counted.

See also: dice, no

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

dice with death

take serious risks.

Dice with is used here in the general sense of ‘play a game of chance with’. In the mid 20th century dice with death was a journalistic cliché used to convey the risks taken by racing drivers; the expression seems for some time to have been especially connected with motoring, although it is now used of other risky activities. It gave rise to the use of dicing as a slang word among drivers for ‘driving in a race’, and it can be compared with dicey meaning ‘dangerous’, a word which originated in 1950s air-force slang.

See also: death, dice

no dice

used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success. North American informal

1990 Paul Auster The Music of Chance Sorry kid. No dice. You can talk yourself blue in the face, but I'm not going.

See also: dice, no

load the dice against (or in favour of) someone

put someone at a disadvantage (or advantage).

1995 Maclean's What global warming has done is load the dice in favor of warmer-than-normal seasons and extreme climatic events.

the ˌdice are loaded aˈgainst somebody

a person has little chance of succeeding in something, perhaps for unfair reasons: If you apply for a job when you’re over 40, the dice are loaded against you.This phrase refers to putting a piece of lead (= a heavy metal) inside a dice so that it always falls in a particular way.

ˌdice with ˈdeath

(informal) risk your life by doing something very dangerous: Racing drivers dice with death every time they race.

Dice means play dice or gamble.

See also: death, dice

no ˈdice

(spoken, especially American English) used to show that you refuse to do something or that something cannot be done: ‘Did you get that job?’ ‘No dice.’When you throw dice in a game, if they do not fall flat or they land on top of each other, the throw is invalid and considered no dice.

See also: dice, no

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

no dice

interj. no; not possible. When I asked about a loan, he said, No dice.

See also: dice, no

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

load the dice

1. To make an outcome highly probable; predetermine a result: "These factors merely load the dice, upping the odds that a household will fall into a certain ... income distribution" (Thomas G. Exter).

2. To put another at a distinct disadvantage, as through prior maneuver: The dice were loaded against the defendant before the trial.

no dice

1. Of no use; futile.

2. Used as a refusal to a request.

See also: dice, no

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

no dice

Nothing doing; useless and ineffective. A twentieth-century American colloquialism, this term clearly comes from gambling, but its precise origin is obscure. Presumably it meant that without dice one couldn’t have a game. It appears in print in several popular novels of the early 1940s, including A. Marshall’s Some Like It Hot (1941), which became a very successful motion picture (“No dice. I’ll get along in my own piddling fashion”). See also no way.

See also: dice, no

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

no dice

An absolute refusal. According to one explanation, courts would not convict gamblers at illegal craps games unless they were caught with dice (swallowing the evidence was not an uncommon way to get rid of it). “No dice, no conviction” was the watchword that referred to that refusal to convict.

See also: dice, no

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

dice with death
dance with death
between life and death
like death warmed over
sign (someone's) death warrant
sign someone's death warrant
from the dead
have (someone's) blood on (one's) head
be snatched out of the jaws of death
snatch

References in periodicals archive

It is beyond the scope of this paper to test whether the various dice control methods work or not.

Golden Arm: A Probabilistic Study of Dice Control in Craps

The DICE Foundation does not aim to gain any type of commercial profit from DICE.

The DICE Foundation Releases New Cryptocurrency Model Not Based on BlockChain Technology, Seeks Funding

Opinions have been divided on this topic where some are actually supporting Raja's claims while others seem to think that the hadith he is quoting does not fit in the context, saying that while there are dice involved, there is no money in it so there's no reason for it to be haram.

Ludo stirs a ontroversy

"People don't want another Battlefield with Star Wars graphics; they want a Star Wars game that is proper," DICE executive producer Patrick Bach told (http://www.videogamer.com/xboxone/nextgen_battlefront/news/dice_talks_star_wars_battlefront_people_don_t_want_battlefield_with_star_wars_graphics.html) Videogamer in August.

Star Wars Battlefront 3 Release Update: DICE Execs Hype Game Quality

Speaking on the occasion, founder and Chairman of DICE Dr Khursheed Qureshi, who came all the way from USA, revealed the vision of DICE, which was to foster Innovation and to address strategic issues of Pakistan.

DICE symposium for strong academia-industry linkage

More specifically, SThree has sold ITJBa[euro](tm)s corporate entity Jobboard Enterprises Ltd to Dice in exchange for an initial sum of GBP9.2m (USD14m/EUR11m), including GBP1.2m of transferred cash.

SThree sheds non-core business to Dice Holdings

DICE had announced that the DLC, titled Aftermath, would be set for release in December.

Battlefield 3: Aftermath out now for PlayStation 3

Author Nina Malkin picks up young Dice's story six months after her love, Sinclair Youngblood Powers, A.K.A.

Malkin, Nina. Swear

23 February 2011 - US career websites provider Dice Holdings Inc (NYSE:DHX) on Tuesday announced the close of its public sale of common stock, including the full use by the underwriters of the over-allotment option for 1.05m shares.

-Dice Holdings stock sale underwriters use greenshoe option

This paper deals with the evaluation of dice outcomes in two problem-solving situations.

Investigation of probability distributions using dice rolling simulation

词组	dice
释义	dice dice with death To do something very risky or dangerous. Of course he's taking out his motorcycle in the pouring rain—he's always dicing with death. See also: death, dice load the dice (against one) To rig something so that the outcome is predetermined to put one at a disadvantage. It's the first democratic election in the region in over 50 years, but it's all a sham—the military has loaded the dice so that they'll remain in power. It's no use trying to get justice against a company that big. They have so much power and influence that they've already loaded the dice against you. See also: dice, load loaded dice 1. Literally, dice that have each been weighted to one side so as to increase the odds of their landing on the opposite number. When they found out we'd been using loaded dice, they threw us out of the club and told us to never come back. 2. By extension, a means of gaining an advantage through the exploitation or manipulation of rules or regulations. At the height of the economic boom, investment bankers were using sub-prime mortgages with falsified credit ratings as loaded dice to make as much money as possible. See also: dice, loaded no dice No luck; no chance; certainly not. Often said as a response indicating a total refusal or rejection. I tried swapping out the carburetor, but no dice. A: "Would you help me wash the dishes?" B: "Sorry, no dice. I've got somewhere I need to be." See also: dice, no no matter how the dice fall Regardless of how a situation unfolds. Emily isn't sure that she can make it tonight, but no matter how the dice fall, I'll be there. No one is quite sure how this new legislation will affect businesses, but we've got to be prepared no matter how the dice fall. See also: dice, fall, how, matter, no no matter which way the dice fall Regardless of how a situation unfolds. Emily isn't sure that she can make it tonight, but no matter which way the dice fall, I'll be there. No one is quite sure how this new legislation will affect businesses, but we've got to be prepared no matter which way the dice fall. See also: dice, fall, matter, no, way play with loaded dice 1. Literally, to use dice that have been weighted to one side so as to increase the odds of their landing on the opposite number. When they found out we'd been playing with loaded dice, they threw us out of the club and told us to never come back. 2. By extension, to gain an advantage through the exploitation or manipulation of rules or regulations. At the height of the economic boom, investment bankers were playing with loaded dice by using sub-prime mortgages with falsified credit ratings to make as much money as possible. See also: dice, loaded, play roll the dice 1. Literally, to roll dice, as for or in a game of chance. I'm usually not much of a gambler, but I couldn't resist heading to the craps table to roll the dice! 2. By extension, to take some risk on the hope or chance of a fortunate outcome. Look, worst case scenario is that we get hit with a fine, so I say we just roll the dice and hope it doesn't come to that. See also: dice, roll the dice are loaded A positive outcome is unlikely due to circumstances perceived as unfortunate or unlucky. I have a record, so when it comes to finding employment, the dice are loaded. See also: dice, loaded the dice are loaded against (one) A positive outcome for one is unlikely due to circumstances perceived as unfortunate or unlucky. I have a record, so when it comes to finding employment, the dice are loaded against me. See also: dice, loaded Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. no dice Inf. no; not possible. When I asked about a loan, he said, "No dice." No. It can't be done, no dice. See also: dice, no McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. dice are loaded, the see under load the dice. See also: dice load the dice Rig the odds so there is little chance for another person to win; cheat. For example, There's no way we can win this contest; they've loaded the dice. This expression is also put as the dice are loaded, as in There's no point in trying; the dice are loaded. This expression alludes to adding weight to one side or another of dice so that they will always come up with certain numbers facing upward. [Late 1800s] See also: dice, load no dice Also, no go; no soap. No, certainly not; also, impossible. For example, Anthony wanted to borrow my new coat, but Mom said no dice, or We tried to rent the church for the wedding, but it's no go for the date you picked, or Jim asked Dad to help pay for the repairs, but Dad said no soap. All of these slangy expressions indicate refusal or an unsuccessful attempt. No dice, from the 1920s, alludes to an unlucky throw in gambling; no go, alluding to lack of progress, dates from about 1820; and no soap dates from about 1920 and possibly alludes to the phrase it won't wash, meaning "it won't find acceptance." Also see nothing doing; won't wash. See also: dice, no The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. dice with death BRITISH If someone dices with death, they take risks that put their lives in danger. Fishermen are constantly dicing with death. I dice with death almost every night crossing the road outside Maidstone Barracks station. Note: To dice means to play dice, or to gamble. See also: death, dice the dice is loaded against someone or the dice are loaded against someone If the dice is loaded against you or the dice are loaded against you, you are in a situation where things have been arranged to cause a disadvantage for you. I had survived that night on the mountain when all the dice were loaded against me. Note: You can also say that the dice is loaded in your favour or the dice are loaded in your favour if you are in a situation where things have been arranged to cause an advantage for you. Insist on your rights. The dice are loaded in your favour — after all, you are the one with the money. Note: Players who wanted to cheat at dice games sometimes `loaded' or weighted the dice so that they tended to fall in a particular way. See also: dice, loaded, someone no dice 1. If you are trying to achieve something and you say there's no dice, you mean that you are having no success with it. I tried calling her and I tried one or two of her old friends in Hampstead, but there was no dice. I was hoping he'd offer me a ride in his hot-air balloon, but no dice. 2. If someone asks you for something and you reply no dice, you are refusing to do what they ask. Nope, sorry, we're not interested, no dice. Note: This expression comes from the game of craps (= a game that uses dice), and means that the player's last throw is not counted. See also: dice, no Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. dice with death take serious risks. Dice with is used here in the general sense of ‘play a game of chance with’. In the mid 20th century dice with death was a journalistic cliché used to convey the risks taken by racing drivers; the expression seems for some time to have been especially connected with motoring, although it is now used of other risky activities. It gave rise to the use of dicing as a slang word among drivers for ‘driving in a race’, and it can be compared with dicey meaning ‘dangerous’, a word which originated in 1950s air-force slang. See also: death, dice no dice used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success. North American informal 1990 Paul Auster The Music of Chance Sorry kid. No dice. You can talk yourself blue in the face, but I'm not going. See also: dice, no load the dice against (or in favour of) someone put someone at a disadvantage (or advantage). 1995 Maclean's What global warming has done is load the dice in favor of warmer-than-normal seasons and extreme climatic events. See also: dice, load, someone Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary the ˌdice are loaded aˈgainst somebody a person has little chance of succeeding in something, perhaps for unfair reasons: If you apply for a job when you’re over 40, the dice are loaded against you.This phrase refers to putting a piece of lead (= a heavy metal) inside a dice so that it always falls in a particular way. See also: dice, loaded, somebody ˌdice with ˈdeath (informal) risk your life by doing something very dangerous: Racing drivers dice with death every time they race. Dice means play dice or gamble. See also: death, dice no ˈdice (spoken, especially American English) used to show that you refuse to do something or that something cannot be done: ‘Did you get that job?’ ‘No dice.’When you throw dice in a game, if they do not fall flat or they land on top of each other, the throw is invalid and considered no dice. See also: dice, no Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary no dice interj. no; not possible. When I asked about a loan, he said, No dice. See also: dice, no McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions load the dice 1. To make an outcome highly probable; predetermine a result: "These factors merely load the dice, upping the odds that a household will fall into a certain ... income distribution" (Thomas G. Exter). 2. To put another at a distinct disadvantage, as through prior maneuver: The dice were loaded against the defendant before the trial. See also: dice, load no dice 1. Of no use; futile. 2. Used as a refusal to a request. See also: dice, no American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. no dice Nothing doing; useless and ineffective. A twentieth-century American colloquialism, this term clearly comes from gambling, but its precise origin is obscure. Presumably it meant that without dice one couldn’t have a game. It appears in print in several popular novels of the early 1940s, including A. Marshall’s Some Like It Hot (1941), which became a very successful motion picture (“No dice. I’ll get along in my own piddling fashion”). See also no way. See also: dice, no The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer no dice An absolute refusal. According to one explanation, courts would not convict gamblers at illegal craps games unless they were caught with dice (swallowing the evidence was not an uncommon way to get rid of it). “No dice, no conviction” was the watchword that referred to that refusal to convict. See also: dice, no Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: dice with death dance with death between life and death like death warmed over sign (someone's) death warrant sign someone's death warrant from the dead have (someone's) blood on (one's) head be snatched out of the jaws of death snatch References in periodicals archive It is beyond the scope of this paper to test whether the various dice control methods work or not. Golden Arm: A Probabilistic Study of Dice Control in Craps The DICE Foundation does not aim to gain any type of commercial profit from DICE. The DICE Foundation Releases New Cryptocurrency Model Not Based on BlockChain Technology, Seeks Funding Opinions have been divided on this topic where some are actually supporting Raja's claims while others seem to think that the hadith he is quoting does not fit in the context, saying that while there are dice involved, there is no money in it so there's no reason for it to be haram. Ludo stirs a ontroversy "People don't want another Battlefield with Star Wars graphics; they want a Star Wars game that is proper," DICE executive producer Patrick Bach told (http://www.videogamer.com/xboxone/nextgen_battlefront/news/dice_talks_star_wars_battlefront_people_don_t_want_battlefield_with_star_wars_graphics.html) Videogamer in August. Star Wars Battlefront 3 Release Update: DICE Execs Hype Game Quality Speaking on the occasion, founder and Chairman of DICE Dr Khursheed Qureshi, who came all the way from USA, revealed the vision of DICE, which was to foster Innovation and to address strategic issues of Pakistan. DICE symposium for strong academia-industry linkage More specifically, SThree has sold ITJBa[euro](tm)s corporate entity Jobboard Enterprises Ltd to Dice in exchange for an initial sum of GBP9.2m (USD14m/EUR11m), including GBP1.2m of transferred cash. SThree sheds non-core business to Dice Holdings M2 EQUITYBITES-July 24, 2013-SThree sheds non-core business to Dice Holdings(C)2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com SThree sheds non-core business to Dice Holdings DICE had announced that the DLC, titled Aftermath, would be set for release in December. Battlefield 3: Aftermath out now for PlayStation 3 Author Nina Malkin picks up young Dice's story six months after her love, Sinclair Youngblood Powers, A.K.A. Malkin, Nina. Swear 23 February 2011 - US career websites provider Dice Holdings Inc (NYSE:DHX) on Tuesday announced the close of its public sale of common stock, including the full use by the underwriters of the over-allotment option for 1.05m shares. -Dice Holdings stock sale underwriters use greenshoe option This paper deals with the evaluation of dice outcomes in two problem-solving situations. Investigation of probability distributions using dice rolling simulation
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