Definition
To have no chance or possibility, usually in the face of peril or adversity.
Origins
Implies that not even divine intervention could save the person.
In Context
- "When the lights went dark in their flooded compartment, the submariners knew that they did not have a prayer."
- "It's all over, people! We don't have a prayer!"
Also Said As
- without a prayer
See Also
- doomed
- hopeless
- screwed
- up the creek