...doesn't stand a prayer

...doesn't stand a prayer
 

I just heard this in a scripted TV show: "... after his dramatic debut, James Dean's career didn't seem to stand a player"

I know "he hasn't a prayer" and "he doesn't stand a chance" but I never heard this that looks to me like sort of a hybrid of both expressions. Is that a right sentence? Is it common?

Thank you in advance.

I think the other two options are far more common but "doesn't stand a prayer" is not unheard of to me.

Creo que las otras opciones son mas común. Pero he escuchado "does stand a prayer."

BNC has only one entry for "[stand] a prayer", and it's also a newspaper article. COCA has none. So it seems fair to say that it's not common.

I've never heard it, and out of context would have no idea what it meant.

Thank you all.

Then, it doesn't look as an expression recombining other expressions?

You are right. I certainly looks like a hybrid.

It doesn't stand a chance @ it doesn't have a prayer. Both mean the same