Idiom
roll of the dice
Meaning
A risky or uncertain attempt to do something, especially in an unfavourable situation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Starting this new business feels like a roll of the dice.”
“Investing all your savings in a single stock is just a roll of the dice.”
“The decision to enter the foreign market was a desperate roll of the dice, yet the company hoped it would secure their future.”
Examples
simple
“Starting this new business feels like a roll of the dice.”
contextual
“Investing all your savings in a single stock is just a roll of the dice.”
complex
“The decision to enter the foreign market was a desperate roll of the dice, yet the company hoped it would secure their future.”
Origin
From the gambling practice of rolling dice to determine a random outcome. The idiom draws a comparison to the physical action of the verb roll the dice.
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