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Meanings of fat chance in English

Little or no chance of success.

Synonyms
Examples for "slim chance"
Examples for "slim chance"
1
Besides, there was slim chance I'd be able to find Whittle tonight.
Savage
2
Israel still have a slim chance of advancing but England are out.
Reuters
3
On the rather slim chance that untidiness is genetic, what's his backstory?
The Guardian
4
There was a slim chance that Mrs. Nowicki might be with Margie.
Four to score
5
There's just one slim chance you'll make it an' come back alive.
A Man Four-Square
Usage of fat chance in English
1
Here, if you're a human with peripheral vision, fat chance of that.
Wired
2
There was a fat chance he'd go off and leave a gravy-train like this.
Hell hath no fury
3
A fat chance of my revealing things like that!
The Night of the Long Knives
4
And fat chance there was of that that now.
Millionaire's women
5
They studied your request and the words ' fat chance' and 'fathead' got mentioned a few times.
Secret Sanction
6
And he doesn't tell me anything except that we stand a fat chance of losing everything.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
7
Except there's a fat chance of doing that.
The Guardian
8
The send-off said it all: fat chance.
The Guardian
9
A fat chance I have too!
More Tish
10
On Sunday, their top-earner and almost invisible striker Roy Makaay missed a fat chance against AZ in the first half.
The Guardian
11
Just my luck to miss a nice fat chance like that-thebeggar was never caught, he seemed to vanish into thin air.
Into the Jaws of Death
12
To paraphrase the old joke, there are probably two chances of a second EU referendum right now - slim chance and fat chance.
BBC
13
What a fat chance for that sweet maiden of fifty years who grabbed me off at the station, the day I left for camp.
Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie
14
I would sooner endure a January kale cleanse ( fat chance) than celebrate the sport of competitive gorging that has made headlines this week.
The Guardian
15
I'd like to see banned players actually banned: Fat chance of that.
Radio NZ
16
Fat chance, but I didn't have anything better to do with myself.
Gentlemen prefer succubi
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