not have a hope in hell (of doing something)



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not have a hope in hell (of doing something)

To not have any chance at all of doing or achieving something. With that giant supermarket opening up across the street, our little grocery store won't have a hope in hell of staying open. You think you can beat me? Ha! You don't have a hope in hell.
See also: have, hell, hope, not

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HorstHAWRSTGerman
Latanya-African American
Ilinka-Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
NathanNAY-thən (English), na-TAWN (French)English, French, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
JerredJER-ədEnglish (Rare)
Haider-Arabic