fat chance

fat chance
   The expression fat chance is used to indicate that something is not very likely to happen.
   

The boss is thinking of me for the job? Fat chance!


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  • fat chance — {n. phr.}, {slang} Little or no possibility; almost no chance. * /A high school team would have a fat chance of beating a strong college team./ * /Jane is pretty and popular; you will have a fat chance of getting a date with her./ Compare: GHOST… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fat chance — {n. phr.}, {slang} Little or no possibility; almost no chance. * /A high school team would have a fat chance of beating a strong college team./ * /Jane is pretty and popular; you will have a fat chance of getting a date with her./ Compare: GHOST… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Fat Chance — is a common phrase, used to convey extreme doubt that a certain event will occur. Fat Chance may also refer to: *Fat Chance (album), a 2001 music album by Paul Heaton. *Fat Chance (novel), a children s novel by Margaret Clark …   Wikipedia

  • fat chance — [n] no chance impossible, not a prayer, no way, snowball’s chance in hell*, unthinkable, very little chance, when hell freezes over*; concept 552 …   New thesaurus

  • fat chance! — This idiom is a way of telling someone they have no chance …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • fat chance — noun little or no chance of success • Syn: ↑slim chance • Hypernyms: ↑probability, ↑chance * * * (a) fat chance (slang) Little or no opportunity or prospect • • • Main Entry: ↑fat * …   Useful english dictionary

  • fat\ chance — n. phr. slang Little or no possibility; almost no chance. A high school team would have a fat chance of beating a strong college team. Jane is pretty and popular; you will have a fat chance of getting a date with her. Compare: ghost of a …   Словарь американских идиом

  • fat chance (!) — Noun. No likelihood of something happening. E.g. There s fat chance of getting me to do a parachute jump! Exclam. No chance! E.g. Persuade him to do a parachute jump? Fat chance! You ll never get him to do it …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • fat chance (!) — Noun. No likelihood of something happening. E.g. There s fat chance of getting me to do a parachute jump! Exclam. No chance! E.g. Persuade him to do a parachute jump? Fat chance! You ll never get him to do it …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • fat chance — n. a very poor chance. (Sarcastic.) □ Fat chance I’ll ever get a new car. □ Me, get an A? Fat chance …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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