As an inveterate gambler he was used to taking fifty-fifty chances, but this was no fifty-fifty chance: the odds were more like ninety-nine to one.

• 韦小宝性喜赌博，输赢各半，尚且要赌，如暗中作弊弄鬼，赢面占了九成十成，这样的赌钱机会便要了他命也决计不肯放过。