snowball's chance in hell

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snowball's chance in hell

noun a snowball's chance in hell

  1. derogatory, excessive, idiomatic, informal, vulgar Almost no chance at all of an occurrence or success. That small boat has a snowball's chance in hell of surviving the hurricane.

    Similar: snowball's chance, snowball's chance in an oven

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noun little or no likelihood of occurrence or success

中文希望渺茫 xīwàng
Italianoalle calende greche, quando gli asini voleranno, mai

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@misc{snowball_s_chance_in_hell_2026,
  title = {snowball's chance in hell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snowball's%20chance%20in%20hell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}