Lombard Street to a China orange
Very long oddsVery long odds (in favour or against an outcome)
Meaning
1 senses(dated, figuratively, uncountable)Very long odds (in favour or against an outcome)
Origin
* Lombard Street as a metonym for all the money in British banks. A China orange as someth* Lombard Street as a metonym for all the money in British banks. A China orange as something of trifling value.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.