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snowball's chance in hell

snowball's chance in hell noun: almost no chance at all of an occurrence or success.

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.
    • Trudeau, who this week said there was not “a snowball’s chance in hell” that Canada would become part of the US, reiterated to CNN that Ottawa would impose countermeasures if Trump made good on this threat.2025 January 9, Justin Trudeau, quotee, “Trudeau: Trump threatened to annex Canada to distract from tariffs impact”, in The Guardian, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN

Synonyms of snowball's chance in hell

Questions about snowball's chance in hell

What does snowball's chance in hell mean?
Snowball's chance in hell means almost no chance at all of an occurrence or success.
What part of speech is snowball's chance in hell?
Snowball's chance in hell is a noun.

Words near snowball's chance in hell in the dictionary

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

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