snowball's chance
Example Sentences
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Legal experts largely agree that Musk’s case doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in a data center of winning.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026
“And maybe there’s this snowball’s chance in hell that maybe he wouldn’t go to the Dodgers or Giants and maybe come up here, so I kept my mouth shut.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023
Everyone told me it was a fool’s errand, or I had a snowball’s chance, and I knew deep in my heart differently, but this definitely verified that feeling.
From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2020
Despite no one giving them a snowball’s chance in hell of staying up, the final nail wasn’t hammered into their coffin until a week ago.
From The Guardian • May 19, 2017
The chances of them listening to me were as good as a snowball’s chance in the Devil’s bake oven.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
