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What (who) is over the odds - definition


over the odds         
1961 FILM BY MICHAEL FORLONG
Brit.
(especially of a price) above what is generally considered acceptable.
Over the Odds         
1961 FILM BY MICHAEL FORLONG
Over the Odds is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Michael Forlong and starring Marjorie Rhodes, Glenn Melvyn, Cyril Smith, Esma Cannon and Thora Hird and Wilfrid Lawson. The screenplay concerns a bookmaker who struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.
Over the Rainbow         
SONG BY HAROLD ARLEN WITH LYRICS BY E.Y. HARBURG; ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY JUDY GARLAND IN 1939
Over The Rainbow; Over the Rainbow (Kylie Minogue single); Somewhere Over The Rainbow; Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Kylie Minogue song); Over the Rainbow (Kylie Minogue song); Somewhere over the rainbow; Somewhere Over the Rainbow; Somewhere over the Rainbow; Over the rainbow; Over the Rainbow (Kylie Minogue cover); Over The Rainbow.; (Somewhere) Over the Rainbow; Over the Rainbow (song); Somewhere, Over the Rainbow; Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Ariana Grande song)
"Over the Rainbow" is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale.

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Over the Odds
Over the Odds is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Michael Forlong and starring Marjorie Rhodes, Glenn Melvyn, Cyril Smith, Esma Cannon and Thora Hird and Wilfrid Lawson. The screenplay concerns a bookmaker who struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.
Examples of use of over the odds
1. Are top restaurants charging over the odds for champers?
2. Sadly, we have grown used to paying over the odds.
3. And there is ample evidence, particularly with electronic goods, that British shoppers pay over the odds.
4. For years we‘ve been paying over the odds for just about everything in this country.
5. "I will not pay over the odds for new players," he said.