two strikes against

Strong factors opposing, as in There are two strikes against her possibility of a promotion. This term comes from baseball, where a batter is allowed three strikes at a fairly pitched ball before being called out; thus, a batter with two strikes has but one more chance to hit a fair ball. The figurative use dates from the early 1900s.

Words nearby two strikes against

two pair, two rivers, two shakes of a lamb's tail, two sicilies, two solitudes, two strikes against, two strings to one's bow, two thousand guineas, two ways about it, two wrongs do not make a right, two wrongs don't make a right