snowball's chance in hell, a



snowball's chance in hell, a

No chance at all, as in He hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of getting there in two hours. This idiom, nearly always used negatively, alludes to the traditional view of hell as extremely hot, causing snow to melt at once. [Late 1800s]
See also: chance

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lavinia-Roman Mythology, Romanian
Ricardaree-KAHR-dah (Spanish)Spanish, German
Lugos-Celtic Mythology
Aureliaow-RE-lyah (Italian), ow-REL-yah (Polish)Ancient Roman, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Polish
ThorbjØRn-Norwegian
Balduino-Spanish