not have a prayer
English
editEtymology
editImplies that not even divine intervention could save the person.
Verb
edit- (informal, idiomatic) To have no chance or possibility, usually in the face of peril or adversity.
- When the lights went dark in their flooded compartment, the submariners knew that they did not have a prayer.
- 1995, John Schwarzwelder, The Simpsons, season 6, episode 14 "Bart's Comet", spoken by Reverend Lovejoy (Harry Shearer):
- It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer!