| 词汇 | Snowball's Chance In Hell |
| 释义 | (redirected from Snowball's Chance In Hell)a snowball's chance in hellAn infinitely small possibility, chance, or likelihood, to the point of being impossible. Usually used in the phrase "not have a snowball's chance in hell." That candidate doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning an election in this part of the state. We haven't got a snowball's chance in hell if we have to compete against some mega corporation like that! snowball's chance in hell, aNo 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] snowball’s chance in hell n. a very poor chance. (Usually in the negative.) She doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting it done on time. |
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