| 词汇 | on a wing and a prayer |
| 释义 | Idiom on a wing and a prayer if you do something on a wing and a prayer, you do it hoping that you will succeed although you are not prepared enough for it.With scarcely any funding and a staff of six, they operate on a wing and a prayer. on a wing and a prayerWithout much preparation (and thus little hope of success). I didn't have time to edit my term paper so I just submitted it on a wing and a prayer. *on a wing and a prayerFig. to arrive or fly in with one's plane in very bad condition. (Sometimes used fig. of other vehicles. *Typically: come (in) ~; arrive ~.) Finally we could see the plane through the smoke, coming in on a wing and a prayer. on a wing and a prayerIf you do something on a wing and a prayer, you do it in the hope that you will succeed, even though you do not have what you need to do it. Dozens of airlines have entered the industry on a wing and a prayer, and dozens have gone bankrupt. In the past, teams have been run on a wing and a prayer. Note: This is the title of a song by H. Adamson, written in 1943, which referred to the emergency landing of an aircraft: `Tho' there's one motor gone, we can still carry on, Comin' In On A Wing And A Pray'r.' on a wing and a prayerwith only the slightest chance of success.This expression comes from the title of a 1943 song by the American songwriter Harold Adamson , ‘Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer’. He himself took it from a contemporary comment made by a wartime pilot speaking to ground control before making an emergency landing. on a ˌwing and a ˈprayerwith only a very slight chance of success: He started the business in his own home, on a wing and a prayer, but it looks like he’s really going to make a success of it.This expression was first used in the military to describe how pilots flying very badly damaged planes succeeded in returning to base. |
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