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fat chance

Fig. very little likelihood. Fat chance he has of getting a promotion. You think she'll lend you the money? Fat chance!

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fat chance

there is very little or no possibility of that happening Will Hal make you laugh? Fat chance.

Usage notes: usually used as a separate sentence to remark on what was just said, as in the example

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fat chance

Very little or no possibility, as in A fact chance he has of coming in first, or You think they'll get married? Fat chance! A related expression is a fat lot, meaning "very little or none at all," as in A fat lot of good it will do her. The first of these slangy sarcastic usages dates from the early 1900s, the second from the 1890s.

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fat chance

n. a very poor chance. (Sarcastic.) Fat chance I’ll ever get a new car.

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fat chance

Slang

Very little or no chance.

See also: chance, fat