snowball's chance in hell
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]- (informal, hyperbolic, idiomatic) Almost no chance at all of an occurrence or success.
- That small boat has a snowball's chance in hell of surviving the hurricane.
Usage notes
[edit]- Often, the expression is used in the negative for even more emphasis (implying that the referent has even less chance of success than a snowball in hell because the heat would melt it near-immediately).
- That small boat doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of surviving the hurricane.
Translations
[edit]Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success
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