not have a prayer

to have no chance With an injured ankle, he doesn't have a prayer of winning the race.

Usage notes: sometimes used without not: Do we have a prayer of convincing him to go?

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maddie	MAD-ee	English
Tondra	TON-drah	Esperanto
Hammurabi	ham-ə-RAH-bee (English)	Ancient Near Eastern, History
Gottschalk	-	German (Archaic)
Owain	O-wien (Welsh, Welsh Mythology)	Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
LÚCÁS	-	Irish