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91(the) cards are stacked in your favour — the cards/odds are stacked in your ˈfavour idiom you are likely to succeed because the conditions are good and you have an advantage Main entry: ↑stackedidiom …
92(the) odds are stacked in your favour — the cards/odds are stacked in your ˈfavour idiom you are likely to succeed because the conditions are good and you have an advantage Main entry: ↑stackedidiom …
93One Kind Favour — …
94Grace and Favour residence — n a house or flat/apartment owned by the British king or queen, in which people are invited to live without paying any rent. Among the best known are the ones in Kensington Palace and Windsor Castle. * * * …
95grace and favour — noun Owned by the sovereign or government and granted free of rent to a person as an expression of gratitude or obligation …
96sexual favour — noun A sex act from one person to another, usually outside of a romantic relationship …
97the last favour — copulation Granted after other familiarities. Also as last intimacies: A man... has a secret horror of an innocent young woman allowing the last intimacies to a man whom she does not passionately love. (Pearsall, 1969, quoting Patmore,… …
98be stacked against/in favour of — (of a situation) be overwhelmingly likely to produce an unfavourable or favourable outcome for. → stack …
99curry favour — ingratiate oneself with someone by obsequious behaviour. → curried …
100grace and favour — adjective Brit. denoting accommodation occupied by permission of a sovereign or government …
