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Certitudine și Posibilitate - Possibility

Descoperiți cum idiomele englezești precum "a citi frunzele de ceai" și "cerul este limita" se referă la posibilitate în engleză.

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English idioms related to Certainty & Possibility
ten to one
ten to one
[frază]

extremely likely

Ex: Ten to one, the tickets are sold out by now.
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the sky is the limit

used to say that there is nothing to prevent someone or something from achieving success

Ex: Give the students the right tools, and the sky is the limit.
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while the getting [is] good

before the opportunity to do or achieve something passes

Ex: We should leave the city while the getting is good, before the roads close.
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to [come] {one's} way

(of something good) to happen or become available to one

Ex: She accepts every opportunity that comes her way.
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to [be] in the air

to get the feeling that something is about to happen

Ex: By Friday, excitement was in the air across the whole school.
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if worst comes to worst

used for saying if the worst possible or most difficult thing happens

Ex: If worst comes to worst, we lose one day of work, not the whole project.
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storm is brewing
storm is brewing
[Propoziție]

used to say that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

Ex: The way they were looking at each other, you could tell a storm was brewing.
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when push [come] to shove

used when a situation reaches a critical point and one must take action in order to deal with it

Ex: When push comes to shove, we may have to cut the budget.
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to [stand] a chance

to have a likelihood of success or achieving a desired outcome

Ex: If we leave now, we still stand a chance of arriving on time.
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to [read] the tea leaves

to be able to say or estimate what is about to happen in the future

Ex: The coach read the tea leaves and changed tactics before the game slipped away.
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on paper
on paper
[frază]

theoretically rather than practically

Ex: On paper, they were the best candidate, but the interview changed our minds.
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cloud on the horizon

something that will be troublesome or problematic in the near future

Ex: Their relationship seemed happy, but money problems were a cloud on the horizon.
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