fat chance

Example Sentences

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I hoped that didn't really mean: fat chance.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2021

He was hardly serious, but regardless, fat chance, and not just because Hollywood isn’t known to atone.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2017

But in a season when the Cubs seem post-title flat and no one in the National League is clearly better than Washington, the Nats have a big fat chance, just like 2014.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2017

Delegates, though, said there’s fat chance of that happening after this week.

From Washington Times • Jul. 21, 2016

A fat chance I had of laying my hands on a gun.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath