to do sth on a wing and a prayer

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• prayer — W3S3 [preə US prer] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: preiere, from Latin precaria, from prex; PRAY1] 1.) words that you say when praying to God or gods ▪ Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time. ▪ The children said… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wing — wing1 W2S2 [wıŋ] n ↑antenna, ↑wing ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(bird/insect)¦ 2¦(plane)¦ 3¦(building)¦ 4¦(politics)¦ 5¦(sport)¦ 6¦(car)¦ 7 take somebody under your wing 8 (waiting/lurking) in the wings …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• short — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not measuring much from one end to the other VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …   Collocations dictionary