Decent prospect of beating the odds? (8,6)
I believe the answer is:
fighting chance
'decent prospect' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'beating the odds?' is the wordplay.
'beating' becomes 'fighting' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the odds?' becomes 'chance' (the chance of something happening).
'fighting'+'chance'='FIGHTING CHANCE'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fighting chance that I've seen before include "Decent prospect" , "provided by Tweedledum's rattle?" , "reasonable prospect" , "A possibility of success if great effort is made" , "Potential for success" .)