| 单词 | on a wing and a prayer |
| 释义 | on a wing and a prayerIf you do something on awingand aprayer, you do ithopingthat you willsucceed,althoughyou are notpreparedenough for it: 准备不充分但又希望成功；只有一线成功的可能Withhardlyanyfundingand astaffof six, they wereoperatingon awingand aprayer.几乎没有什么资金而且只有6名员工，他们的经营如履薄冰。 Hoping and hopefulness
Examplesofon a wing and a prayeron a wing and a prayer It has been operatingonawingandaprayer, but it will now have powers under the legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is economicsonawingandaprayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that known as livingonawingandaprayer? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe in inward investment, but we shall have a coherent strategy for it all, rather than getting byonawingandaprayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Far too many hospitals are—to coin a phrase—flyingonawingandaprayerwith regard to their incineration capabilities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We areonawingandaprayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Any commitment to the regional alternative will beonawingandaprayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It will never make a large profit and has always performedonawingandaprayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Most such bodies are actually runonawingandaprayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is weakly thought through, under-capitalised, and basedonawingandaprayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In terms of democratic decision-making we are runningonawingandaprayer. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English They areonawingandaprayer, and are well out of touch with their own forecasts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a policyonawingandaprayerwhich does not satisfy any of the passengers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Due to economic factors many rural areas are runonawingandaprayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One has heard of flyingonawingandaprayer, but this is ridiculous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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