English Dictionary

on a wing and a prayer

前置詞句

With the hope of averting disaster despite a desperate situation teetering on failure.

日本語の意味

絶体絶命の危機に直面しながら、奇跡にすがるような状態 / 失敗寸前の状況で、わずかな希望を頼りに切り抜けようとする様子 / 危機を回避するために、ギリギリの状況で望みを抱く状況

The rescue team reached the stranded climbers on a wing and a prayer, their radio barely working and supplies running low.

救助隊は無線がほとんど使えず物資も乏しい中、一縷の望みを託して遭難者に到達した。

意味（1）

With the hope of averting disaster despite a desperate situation teetering on failure.

After seeing half the senior staff walk out, the school opened the new year on a wing and a prayer.