against all odds

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28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: въпреки всичко (vǎpreki vsičko) — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Catalan: contra tot pronòstic — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Catalan: contra totes les expectatives — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Chinese Mandarin: 不顧一切地 /不顾一切地 (búgù yīqiē de) — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Chinese Mandarin: 不計成敗地 /不计成败地 (bùjì chéng bài de) — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Danish: imod alle odds — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Dutch: tegen alle verwachtingen in — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Finnish: vastoin kaikkea todennäköisyyttä — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• French: contre tout pronostic — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• French: contre toute attente — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• French: contre vents et marées — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• German: entgegen aller Erwartungen — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• German: wider Erwarten — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Greek: παρ’ ελπίδα (par’ elpída) — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Ancient Greek: παρ’ ἐλπίδα (par’ elpída) — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Hebrew: כנגד כל הסיכויים — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Italian: contro ogni previsione — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Korean: 역경을 딛고 (yeokgyeong'eul ditgo) — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Latin: contrā tōtum prōgnōsticum — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Norwegian: mot alle odds — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Polish: na przekór wszystkiemu — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Polish: wbrew wszystkim przeciwnościom — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Portuguese: contra todas as expectativas — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Russian: вопреки́ всему́ (voprekí vsemú) — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Russian: несмотря́ ни на что́ (nesmotrjá ni na štó) — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Spanish: contra todo pronóstico — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Spanish: contra viento y marea — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability
• Swedish: mot alla odds — despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability