a snowball's chance
no chance at all, zero chance
TRANSLATION
überhaupt keine Chance
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The target of 2004 for completing trade talks was already highly optimistic... Now I don't see that it has A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE in hell of being met."
(BBC News - 22nd May 2002)
(BBC News - 22nd May 2002)
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a snowball's chance
This is the often heard shortened form of the idiom "a snowball's chance in hell".
Hell is an immense and very hot place, a snowball is small and cold... it's chances of survival in such an inhospitable environment are therefore zero.
Often used in business when a situation is completely hopeless:
"He doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting the job."
a snowball's chance
This is the often heard shortened form of the idiom "a snowball's chance in hell".
Hell is an immense and very hot place, a snowball is small and cold... it's chances of survival in such an inhospitable environment are therefore zero.
Often used in business when a situation is completely hopeless:
"He doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting the job."
