fancy chances



fancy someone's chances

to have confidence in someone's [including one's own] ability to be successful. We all think she will refuse to go out with him, but he certainly fancies his own chances. The other contestants are so talented that I don't fancy his chances at all.
See also: chance, fancy

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Peters['pi:təz]
Rehav'am-Biblical Hebrew
Rachel['reitʃəl]
Gavri'el-Biblical Hebrew
Napoleone-Italian
Eberardo-Spanish