snowball's chance
Example Sentences
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Nobody – least of all Joaquin Phoenix’s snivelling party entertainer – believed he stood a snowball’s chance in hell.
From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2019
Then there are the policies that won’t have a snowball’s chance in Palm Beach over the next several years.
From Slate • Dec. 27, 2016
According to many, Boise State didn’t stand a snowball’s chance in Arizona.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2016
Whether Hag intended it or not, his blue-collar anthem became a battle cry for Vietnam-bound working-class youths with a snowball’s chance in Saigon of a student deferment.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2016
The chances of them listening to me were as good as a snowball’s chance in the Devil’s bake oven.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
