"Not have an earthly chance" nghĩa là gì?

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"Not have an earthly chance" = Không còn cơ hội/khả năng khả thi nào để làm hay hoàn thành việc gì.

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Voilà. It is Elliott's strong view that the attack as planned does not have "an earthly chance of success". And surely this experienced British officer, who has the ear of none other than General Haig, must realise that!

The offer to reopen negotiations (cuộc đàm phán), then, is the best way for Iran to get its economy back on track, instead of provoking (kích động, xúi giục) a fresh confrontation (sự đối chất, đương đầu) with the West — one it has no earthly chance of winning.

He assumed that the Dynamo players “would welcome an opportunity of testing their skill against a more experienced team” rather than “have a holiday jaunt (cuộc đi chơi) against young players who, in normal times, would not have an earthly chance of getting a place in the Arsenal first team.”

Bin Kuan

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