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
