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snowball's chance in hell

Meaning: No chance at all.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: The Absurd

Origin: The expression suggests that the likelihood of something happening is as small as the probability that a snowball will not melt in the fires of hell.

More idioms — The Absurd

  • sow one's wild oats — To do foolish or wild things, usually as a youth.
  • speak of the devil — An expression used when someone who is being talked about has just appeared.
  • strange bedfellows — People or things that one does not normally expect to find together.
  • strike it rich — To make money (sentence 1); or, less literally, to be wildly successful (sentence 2).
  • talk a blue streak — To talk fast and at length.
  • talk through one's hat — To speak without authority on some topic; to talk nonsense.

More English idioms

  • sour grapes — A situation where a person criticizes something or someone out of jealousy.
  • speak one's mind — To tell someone how one feels or what one thinks.
  • speak one's piece — To tell someone how one feels or what one thinks.
  • spitting image — An exact likeness.
  • split hairs — To argue about some detail that is not important.
  • spring something on someone — To surprise someone with something.

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