even odds
Noun
Meaning
even odds pl (plural only)
(gambling, speculation) An opportunity in which the chance of success is equal to that of failure.
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It was even odds that the thing I was the most afraid of didn't actually exist at all.
Know something? I'd lay even odds that between the people following us and the people hunting us, we've become this city's principle means of employment. Tal Verrar's entire economy is now based on.
A charge, mounted or dismounted, was also more effective when using a spear rather than a sword, as it offered better than even odds against a samurai using a sword.
The probability of a rate increase this week has stayed low after the December liftoff, and chances the Fed will raise in March have fallen to lower than one-in-four from even odds at the start of the year.
Tomahawk and sabre; or even odds, painting by Charles Schreyvogel (1861 – 1912).
However, I give better than even odds that Trump is gone before that and not bad odds that he's gone long before.