snowball's chance
Example Sentences
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“And maybe there’s this snowball’s chance in hell that maybe he wouldn’t go to the Dodgers or Giants and maybe come up here, so I kept my mouth shut.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023
So, here at Kumbaya Central, I figure if Lusk and Masters agree about things, those things are probably reasonable and may even have a snowball’s chance of being implemented.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022
“They don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning a general election, so God bless them.”
From New York Times • May 25, 2021
Despite no one giving them a snowball’s chance in hell of staying up, the final nail wasn’t hammered into their coffin until a week ago.
From The Guardian • May 19, 2017
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
