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"Against All Odds" was created explicitly for the movie, [11] although it was based on an earlier unreleased song Collins had written in 1981. Hackford, who previously used a song for the 1982 American drama film An Officer and a Gentleman, planned the same for the neo-noir 1984 film Against All Odds, [11] which is a remake of Out of the Past.
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
Against All Odds (Conflict album), 1989; Against All Odds (Curtis Lundy album), 1999; Against All Odds, a 2000 album by Take 5; Against All Odds (Tragedy Khadafi album), 2001; Against All Oddz (Lethal Bizzle album), 2005; Against All Oddz (Young Noble and E.D.I. album), 2006; Against All Odds (N-Dubz album), 2009; Against All Odds, a 2009 album ...
The title is a traditional English expression meaning "gently and with great care". The lyrics portray an infatuated teenager attempting to convince a girl to date him despite their different social backgrounds — as emphasized by the singer's affected Cockney accent and his reference to being from "the other side of town".
Мало сутра (malo sutra), literally "a little bit tomorrow", has a similar meaning as "all my eye". Seychellois Creole, also known as Kreol or Seselwa (creole spoken in Seychelles) – lannen de mil zanmen is used, which means "year two thousand and never". It is a fairly new expression used mainly among the youth.
Askeladden is characterised as the runt of the family, being "the youngest, smallest, and weakest", [1] yet "clever, bold, patient", and against all odds, eventually successful. [1] The hero has great rewards in store, often the princess's hand in marriage and half the kingdom. [4]
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The film featured two cameo appearances by stars of Out of the Past on which the film is based: Jane Greer, who played Kathie Moffat in the first movie, plays Rachel Ward's mother (Greer held the infant Jeff Bridges in 1951's The Company She Keeps in a scene with his real life mother, Dorothy Bridges), and Paul Valentine, who played hood Joe ...