Snowball's chance in hell
Meaning: extremely small chance of something happening.
We use this idiom is cases where there’s absolutely no chance of something happening or very less chance of happening.
Imagine, you are watching a cricket match. Your favorite team is playing. They have 6 balls left and they have to score 36 runs to win the match. In this case, there is extremely low chance of winning.
You can say, “There is a snowball’s chance in hell of winning the match.”
More examples:
- If you don’t hire a good lawyer, you have a snowball’s chance in hell to win this case.
- Looking at the current score, there is a snowball’s chance in hell of winning this game.
- The minister doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning an election in this area.
(IDIOM)
