chance arm



chance your arm

  (British & Australian informal)
to take a risk in order to get something that you want Aren't you chancing your arm a bit giving up a secure job to start a business?
See stand a chance, have a chance in hell
See also: arm, chance

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Meital-Hebrew
Sinjin-English (Rare)
Edda (2)-Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Sibilla-Italian
Zdenka-Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Czech
LenaLE-nah (German, Polish, Italian), LYE-nah (Russian), LEE-nə (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Russian, English, Italian, Portuguese