有同學問我，那「贏的機會很大」怎麼說？我說可以說 “have a high chance of winning”，不過當時我也沒把握是否有像 long odds 這樣簡潔的說法，就說我查查看再答覆她，後來我試查 “the opposite of long odds” ，結果出現：
In English we say an event has "long odds" if it is unlikely to happen, and "short odds" for the opposite. (https://english.stackexchange.com ›)
《麥克米倫高級英漢雙解詞典》Macmillan English-Chinese Dictionary 就收了long/short odds: an unlikely/likely chance of winning if you bet on a horse in a race or on the result of a competition 贏的可能性小/大
Merriam-Webster Dictionary 的解釋如下：
long odds: a poor chance of winning
The team has made some major improvements, but they still face long odds.
“Long odds.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20odds. Accessed 9 January 2020.
最近有人說 Google Translate 已經相當不錯，擔心學外文會沒出路，但我每次查 Google 翻譯，都覺得不用擔心，看看底下 Google Translate 就 long odds 與 odds look long 的翻譯：long odds 长赔率/賠率很高；odds look long 賠率看起來很長。令人不覺莞爾。(Jerome Su, Jan 9, 2020)