We've found 5 phrases for adverse (0.131 seconds):

bad apple »    A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.

desperate times call for desperate measures »    In adverse circumstances actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the best choice.

hell or high water »    Highly adverse circumstances; acts of God.

one step forward, two steps back »    A situation in which progress is more than offset by adverse developments.

possession is nine-tenths of the law »    One who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession.

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