英语词汇draw to an inside straight的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	draw to an inside straight
词源	draw to an inside straight. An inside straight is a very diffi- cult straight to draw for in poker, so difficult, in fact, that the expression draw to an inside straight has become American slang for building up hope for something that has little chance of happening.
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