生活中，我们经常遇到一些耳熟能详，甚至习以为常的词汇，却不知道英文中有没有相应的地道表达。因此，中译君邀请中译公司战斗在翻译市场第一线的资深译员，每天和大家分享一个常用词汇的英语表达。

看过之后你可能会发现：哎哟，这个表达竟然和我想的完全不一样耶！

反败为胜

Snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

释义：

to win at the last moment possible, when it had previously seemed certain that you were going to lose

本来以为要输，结果反败为胜

而反过来说，“本来以为赢定了，结果失败”可以用“snatch defeat from the jaws of victory”~

例句：

The candidate has led in the polls right up to election day, but with that unfortunate remark last night, he may well have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.