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snowball's chance in hell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
snow-bal-l's chance in hell
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Almost no chance at all of an occurrence or success.

Derogatory; Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

a snowball's chance in hell (canonical)

Phrases

snowball in hell a cat in hell's chance a cold day in Hell a snowflake's chance in hell Chinaman's chance Chinaman's chance in hell first of never snowball's chance in heck

Frequently Paired Words

snowball in hell a cat in hell's chance a cold day in Hell a snowflake's chance in hell Chinaman's chance Chinaman's chance in hell first of never snowball's chance in heck

Synonyms

snowball's chance snowball's chance in an oven

Questions

What does snowball's chance in hell mean?
Almost no chance at all of an occurrence or success.

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