have\ a\ snowball's\ chance\ in\ hell

have\ a\ snowball's\ chance\ in\ hell
v. phr.
To be condemned to failure; enjoy a zero chance of success.

Pessimists used to think that we had a snowball's chance in hell to put a man on the moon; yet we did it in July, 1969.


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