English Explanatory Dictionary

Lombard Street to a China orange

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. very long odds (in favour or against an outcome)

Word forms

Lombard Street to a China orange

Etymology

* Lombard Street as a metonym for all the money in British banks. A China orange as something of trifling value.

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