at odds
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English
Etymology
From at + odds (“(obsolete) dissimilarity; inequality”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ət‿ˈɒdz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ət‿ˈɑdz/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒdz
Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) In disagreement; conflicting.
- Synonyms: at loggerheads, at sixes and sevens, at variance
- The witness’s statement seems to be at odds with the evidence—not a good sign for the prosecutor.
- c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. (First Quarto), London: Nathaniel Butter, , published 1608, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- By day and night he vvrongs me, / Euery houre he flaſhes into one groſſe crime or other / That ſets vs all at ods, ile not indure it, […]
- 1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. , London: W Chetwood, ; and T. Edling, , published 1722, →OCLC, page 186:
- [I] began to be at odds vvith myſelf vvhether to be glad or ſorry; […]
- 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, “The Reader is Brought into Communication with Some Professional Persons, and Sheds a Tear over the Filial Piety of Good Mr. Jonas”, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, , published 1844, →OCLC, page 237:
- In the passage they encountered Mr. Mould the undertaker: a little elderly gentleman, bald, and in a suit of black; with a note-book in his hand, a massive gold watch-chain dangling from his fob, and a face in which a queer attempt at melancholy was at odds with a smirk of satisfaction; […]
- 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City, Calif.: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kett: Primus Codex entry:
- Evidence now proves that the Primus and the Archon are at odds. Investigations show that the Primus disapproves of the Archon's single-minded interest in Remnant technology, believing it to be a distraction from the kett's attempts to conquer Heleus.
Translations
in disagreement — see also conflicting
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See also
References
- ^ “at odds” under “odds, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
- ^ “at odds, phrase”, in Collins English Dictionary; from Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary, 6th edition, Boston, Mass.: Heinle Cengage Learning; Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, →ISBN.
