 | English | German | |
 | idiom as chance would have it | wie der Zufall es wollte | |
| as chance would have it {adv} | zufälligerweise | |
| Keywords contained |
| Chance would have it that we met. | Das Glück wollte es, dass wir uns begegneten. | |
| Partial Matches |
| idiom as luck would have it | wie das Glück es wollte | |
| idiom As ill luck would have it ... | Wie es der Teufel will / wollte, ... | |
| idiom As luck would have it we met. | Das Glück wollte es, dass wir uns begegneten. | |
| idiom Fate would have it so. | Das musste nun einmal so sein. | |
| idiom It would have to rain. | Natürlich musste es regnen. | |
| Who would have thought it? | Wer hätte das gedacht! | |
| Ill luck would have it (that) ... | Der Teufel will / wollte es, dass ... | |
| I would have liked to do it. | Ich hätte es machen mögen. [selten] | |
| It would never have occurred to me. | Darauf wäre ich nie gekommen. | |
| It would not have taken much for ... | Es hätte nicht viel gefehlt und ... | |
| He would have been able to do it. | Er hätte es tun können. | |
| It would have to have been built before 1900. | Es müsste vor 1900 gebaut worden sein. | |
| idiom My heart pounded as if / though it would burst. | Mein Herz hämmerte zum Zerspringen. | |
| proverb Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. | Was du nicht willst, das man dir tu', das füg' auch keinem andern zu. | |
| I would have had to (have) put up with it. | Ich hätte mir das gefallen lassen müssen. | |
| It would have been better if it had never happened. | Das wäre besser unterblieben. | |
| He would not have gone if I could have prevented it. | Er wäre nicht gegangen, wenn ich es hätte verhindern können. | |
| If you hadn't won, would that have been it? [idiom] | Wenn Sie nicht gewonnen hätten, wäre es das dann gewesen? [Redewendung] | |
| idiom Chance would be a fine thing. [Br.] [coll.] | Schön wär's! [ugs.] | |
| to chance it | es darauf ankommen lassen [das Risiko eingehen] | |
| to chance it | es riskieren | |
| to chance it | sein Glück versuchen | |
| to have a good chance | gute Karten haben [Redewendung] [gute Chancen haben] | |
| as though by chance {adv} | wie durch Zufall | |
| Chance discovered it ... | Zufällig stellte sich heraus ... | |
| idiom Chance brought it about ... | Der Zufall wollte es .... | |
| I will chance it. | Ich werde es wagen. | |
| to have a chance encounter with sb. | jdm. zufällig begegnen | |
| to have a reasonable chance of success | eine realistische Aussicht auf Erfolg haben | |
| to have no chance of doing sth. | keinerlei Aussichten haben, etw. zu tun | |
| to have an eye to the main chance | auf das Wichtige achten | |
| idiom to not have the ghost of a chance | nicht den Hauch einer Chance haben | |
| to not have the slightest chance of winning | nicht die geringsten / mindesten Aussichten haben zu gewinnen | |
| sb. would have | jd. hätte | |
| to have one chance in ten of doing sth. | eine Chance von eins zu zehn haben, etw. zu tun | |
| It is not by chance that ... | Es ist kein Zufall, dass ... | |
| sb. would have to | jd. müsste | |
| sb. would have to | jd. müßte [alt] | |
| I would have grinned | ich würde gegrinst haben [veraltet für: ich hätte gegrinst] | |
| to have a one in ten chance of doing sth. | eine Chance von eins zu zehn haben, etw. zu tun | |
| idiom to have not a snowball's chance in hell [coll.] | nicht die geringste Chance haben | |
| idiom to not have a cat in hell's chance [coll.] | nicht den Hauch einer Chance haben | |
| idiom to not have a snowball's chance in hell [coll.] | nicht den Hauch einer Chance haben | |
| idiom to not have the chance of a snowflake in hell | nicht die geringste Chance haben | |
| It's not just by chance that ... | Es ist kein bloßer Zufall, dass ... | |
| It's not just by chance that ... | Es ist kein reiner Zufall, dass ... | |
| as one would expect {adv} | erwartungsgemäß | |
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