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snowball's chance

snowball's chance is the ellipsis of snowball's chance in hell.

Meaning of snowball's chance in hell

Noun

a snowball's chance in hell

  1. (derogatory, excessive, idiomatic, informal, vulgar) Almost no chance at all of an occurrence or success.
    • That small boat has a snowball's chance in hell of surviving the hurricane.

Questions about snowball's chance

What is snowball's chance the ellipsis of?
Snowball's chance is the ellipsis of snowball's chance in hell.

Words near snowball's chance in the dictionary

  1. snowball sample
  2. snowball samples
  3. snowball sampling
  4. snowball tree
  5. snowball trees
  6. snowball's chance
  7. snowball's chance in an oven
  8. snowball's chance in heck
  9. snowball's chance in hell
  10. snowballed
  11. snowballer

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