[えどのかたきをながさきでうつ, edonokatakiwonagasakideutsu] (exp, v5t) (id) to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest [Add to Longdo]
[ひゃくねんかせい, hyakunenkasei] (exp) waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks [Add to Longdo]
[もうきふぼく, moukifuboku] (exp) (id) { Buddh } (See 盲亀の浮木) unlikely event; rare occurence [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, adv.
In an unlikely manner.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, a.
1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as,
an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
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2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail;
unpromising; as, unlikely means. --Hooker.
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3. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
[Obs.] "The unlikely eld of me." --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unlikely
adj 1: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred;
"legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an
improbable event" [syn: {improbable}, {unlikely}] [ant:
{likely}, {probable}]
2: has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an
unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a
butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism" [ant: {likely}]
3: having a probability too low to inspire belief [syn:
{improbable}, {unbelievable}, {unconvincing}, {unlikely}]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
