not to have an earthly

  • 1not stand (or have) an earthly Brit. — not stand (or have) an earthly Brit. informal have no chance at all. → earthly …

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  • 2Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes) — Single by Miyuki Nakajima from the album Short Stories (Tanpenshū) …

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  • 3earthly — /ˈɜθli / (say erthlee) adjective (earthlier, earthliest) 1. of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly. 2. possible or conceivable: no earthly use. –phrase 3. an earthly (chance), (used with a negative) any chance… …

  • 4earthly — adjective (earthlier, earthliest) 1》 relating to the earth or human life on the earth.     ↘material; worldly. 2》 [with negative] informal used for emphasis: there was no earthly reason to rush. Phrases not stand (or have) an earthly Brit.… …

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  • 5earthly — earthly, terrestrial, earthy, mundane, worldly, sublunary are comparable when they mean of, belonging to, or characteristic of the earth. Earthly is used chiefly in opposition to heavenly {earthly love} {the earthly paradise} {if I have told you… …

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  • 6Earthly Delights (computer game) — Infobox VG| title = Earthly Delights developer = Roger Webster Daniel Leviton publisher = Datamost designer = Roger Webster Daniel Leviton engine = released = 1983 genre = Adventure modes = Single player ratings = platforms = Apple II media =… …

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  • 7Earthly Branches — A fountain in Almaty representing the 12 animals of the (Kazakh version of the) animal cycle The Earthly Branches (Chinese: 地支; pinyin: dìzhī; or Chinese: 十二支; pinyin: shí èrzhī; literally twelve branches ; or Kor …

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  • 8earthly — [[t]ɜ͟ː(r)θli[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n Earthly means happening in the material world of our life on earth and not in any spiritual life or life after death. ...the need to confront evil during the earthly life... They lived in an earthly paradise. 2)… …

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  • 9not have a prayer — (informal) HAVE NO HOPE, have/stand no chance, not have/stand (the ghost of) a chance; informal not have a hope in hell, not have/stand an earthly; Austral./NZ informal not have Buckley s (chance). → prayer * * * not have a prayer informal …

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  • 10earthly —  1. adj. Whatsoever.  ♠ No earthly use. No use whatsoever.  2. n. Chance.  3. (stand) not an earthly (chance) (Have) no chance whatsoever …

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