Idioms and Phrases 80

1. (the) ghost of chance: no possibility.

• There is the ghost of chance in a single soul being alive in the fire of this house.

2. gift of the gale: talent for persuasive speech.

• It was the gift of the gale of Babar, the first Moghul Emperor who persuaded his soldiers to fight heroically.

3. god’s acre: place of burial.

• It is only god’s acre which brings about a great change in each man’s ideas.

4. going concern: flourishing business.

• The Leaver Bros. is a going concern in India.