English

Noun

a snowball's chance in **** ‎(uncountable)

1. (idiomatic, slang) Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success.

   That small boat has a snowball's chance in **** of surviving the hurricane.

Usage notes

Often, the expression is used in the negative for even more emphasis (implying that the referent has even less chance of success than a snowball in ****).

That small boat doesn't have a snowball's chance in **** of surviving the hurricane.

Translations

See also

• a cold day in ****
• first of never
• when **** freezes over
• when pigs fly