What is the opposite idiom of "long shot"?
and "shot" of "long shot" means ball,or others?
2006-12-24 19:08:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
sure thing....long shot just means big odds against (winning) something---could be a horse race or having the winning lottery numbers or just about anything...sure thing is the opposite or maybe 'close contender' or something like that.
2006-12-24 19:43:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long Shot Idiom
2016-12-15 14:33:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In horse-racing parlance, it would be a "sure thing." That's the only reference to "long shot" that I know of, as it refers to a horse which has little chance of winning.
2006-12-24 19:16:16 · answer #3 · answered by weary0918 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about "short shot"?
2006-12-24 19:19:46 · answer #4 · answered by Guitar Man 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
......Uhhhhh.... "Sure-shot"???
Sounds like a suitable opposite to "long-shot"
And it's figurative, not literal...Meaning, difficult or having very unlikely odds....
2006-12-24 19:14:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could use one of these:
Lay-up (basketball)
tap-in, chip shot (golf)
sure thing or lock (gambling)
2006-12-24 19:15:31 · answer #6 · answered by wayfaroutthere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
slam-dunk (as in the George Tenet usage)
dead cert
2006-12-24 19:24:14 · answer #7 · answered by EZSum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"It'll be a shoe-in."
Basically, that means "sure thing." I don't know why.
2006-12-24 19:17:09 · answer #8 · answered by perfectlybaked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'hot favourite'?
2006-12-24 19:39:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anger eating demon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Gimme"
2006-12-24 19:35:40 · answer #10 · answered by wwwwwwwfe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋