fat chance

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fat chance

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colloquial, idiomatic, sarcastic, uncountable Little or no chance, a low or nonexistent likelihood of occurrence or success; a faint chance. Fat chance that I’ll ever go back to Swansea.

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@misc{fat_chance_2026,
  title = {fat chance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fat%20chance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}