Idioms containing GHOST
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GIVE UP THE GHOST
stop trying to do smth. because one no longer believes it can be done successfully; to die
1. Our old TV had finally given up the ghost.
2. Some firms give up the ghost before they find what they are looking for.
2. Some firms give up the ghost before they find what they are looking for.
LOOK LIKE/AS THOUGH YOU'VE SEEN A GHOST
to look very shocked
1. What's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost!
2. The test was so nerve-racking that I came away looking as though I had seen a ghost.
2. The test was so nerve-racking that I came away looking as though I had seen a ghost.
NOT HAVE THE GHOST OF A CHANCE
to have no chance at all
1. They don't have a ghost of a chance of winning.
2. The underdog team knew they had only a ghost of a chance against the reigning champions.
2. The underdog team knew they had only a ghost of a chance against the reigning champions.
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