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Definition

Almost no chance at all of an occurrence or success.

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In Context

  • "That small boat has a snowball's chance in hell of surviving the hurricane."
  • "Trudeau, who this week said there was not “a snowball’s chance in hell” that Canada would become part of the US, reiterated to CNN that Ottawa would impose countermeasures if Trump made good on this threat."
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Also Said As

  • snowball's chance
  • snowball's chance in an oven
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Related Idioms

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fat chance

Little or no chance, a low or nonexistent likelihood of occurrence or …

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cold day in Hell

The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.

s

snowball in hell

Something that is doomed.

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until hell freezes over

forever; without success, no matter how long one perseveres.

w

when Hell freezes over

Never; not in this lifetime or a time in the unforeseeably distant fut …

w

whistle for

To request or ask for with no chance of success.

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