chances are

the likelihood is (followed by a clause stating what is likely). Chances are that she would have been late even if she had left on time.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bride	-	Irish
Tijmen	-	Dutch
Benedykt	be-NE-dikt	Polish
Subramanian	-	Tamil
Caoileann	-	Irish
Theresa	tə-REE-sə (English), tə-RAY-zə (English), te-RE-zah (German)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish