凶多吉少

xiōngduōjíshǎo

bode ill rather than well; be fraught with grim possibilities

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bode ill rather than well

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bode ill rather than well

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xiong1 duo1 ji2 shao3

everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious, everything points to disaster

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凶多吉少

xiōng duō jí shǎo

be fraught with grim possibilities; bode ill rather than well; forbode disasters rather than blessings; more ominous than propitious; not a good omen but an evil one; the odds are against us rather than in our favor

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兇多吉少|凶多吉少 [xiōng duō jí shǎo] ► everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious ► everything points to disaster