the odds are stacked against (someone)

成語所屬單字odds

the odds are stacked against (someone) — 慣用語

1. the conditions make it very hard for a person or group to succeed.

1.慣用語
釋義

情勢非常不利

the conditions make it very hard for a person or group to succeed.

例句

With no funding and no contacts, the odds were stacked against the young filmmakers.

The odds are stacked against any tenant fighting a big landlord in court.