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• a snowball's chance in hell
  a snowball's chance in hell

  Something that has no likelihood of happening or succeeding: “Your proposal is too radical — it has a snowball's chance in hell of being approved.”
• snowball's chance in hell, a
  snowball's chance in hell, a

  No chance at all, as in He hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of getting there in two hours. This idiom, nearly always used negatively, alludes to the traditional view of hell as extremely hot, causing snow to melt at once. [Late 1800s]

a snowball's chance in hell

Cultural  

1. Something that has no likelihood of happening or succeeding: “Your proposal is too radical — it has a snowball's chance in hell of being approved.”

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snowball's chance in hell, a Idioms  

1. No chance at all, as in He hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of getting there in two hours. This idiom, nearly always used negatively, alludes to the traditional view of hell as extremely hot, causing snow to melt at once. [Late 1800s]

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a snowball's chance in hell

“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

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

For those who thought there was a snowball's chance in hell USC would allow De'Anthony Melton to play for the Trojans this season, you are delusional.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2018

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

"I don't think there was a person in the White House who gave him a snowball's chance in hell, except Hillary," says a former official.

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