the odds are stacked against (someone)
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the odds are stacked against (someone) — idiom
1. the conditions make it very hard for a person or group to succeed.
1.idiom
Definition
the conditions make it very hard for a person or group to succeed.
Example
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.