English Dictionary

not have a prayer

動詞

To have no chance or possibility, usually in the face of peril or adversity.

日本語の意味

成功や実現の可能性、見込みが全くない / 絶望的な状況で、望みが持てない / 困難や危険に直面して、成功しうる余地が全くない

Alone and outgunned, the volunteers did not have a prayer against the well-equipped militia.

孤立して装備でも劣っていたため、志願者たちは装備の整った民兵に対して全く勝ち目がなかった。

意味（1）

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.