when hell freezes over

NOUN

fat chance

Synonyms

WEAK

chance in a million ghost of a chance impossible no chance no way not a prayer poor outlook poor possibility poor prospect slim chance small chance snowball's chance in hell unthinkable very little chance

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The baseball team epitomized by climbing vines—pruned every autumn, regrowing every spring—has survived October for the first time in 108 years, turning a natural cycle into something supernatural, as when hell freezes over.

From Time • Nov. 4, 2016

And BronyKing will see this overbearing message again and again, because BronyKing will use his real name on YouTube when hell freezes over.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2014

He answered Gilfoyle's menace, bluntly, "I'll pay you when hell freezes over, and not a cent before."

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

when hell freezes over

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