Beat the Oddsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

beat the odds (third-person singular simple present beats the odds, present participle beating the odds, simple past beat the odds, past participle beaten the odds or (colloquial) beat the odds)

1. (informal, idiomatic) To succeed despite being unlikely to do so.
   • 1983, Wendy Griswold, “The Devil's Techniques: Cultural Legitimation and Social Change”, in American Sociological Review‎, volume 48, number 5, page 669b of 668–680:

     The emotional appeal of the Trickster is that of the perpetual underdog who sometimes beats the odds. He surprises human beings and offers them hope in his illustration of freedom from destiny.