not a hope in hell

not a hope in hell
not have a snowball's chance in hell & not a hope in hell
Inf. a very poor chance. (Usually in the negative.) •

She doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting it done on time.

I know I don't have a hope in hell, but I'll try anyway.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • not a hope in hell — ► not a hope in hell informal no chance at all. Main Entry: ↑hell …   English terms dictionary

  • not a hope in hell — not a hope/chance/in hell informal phrase no hope or chance at all Nobody thought Harold Washington had a snowball’s chance in hell of winning. Thesaurus: likely to failsynonym without hope …   Useful english dictionary

  • not a hope in hell — informal no chance at all. → hell …   English new terms dictionary

  • not a chance in hell — not a hope/chance/in hell informal phrase no hope or chance at all Nobody thought Harold Washington had a snowball’s chance in hell of winning. Thesaurus: likely to failsynonym without hope …   Useful english dictionary

  • not have a hope in hell — To have no hope at all • • • Main Entry: ↑Hell * * * not have a hope in hell phrase to have no chance of achieving something I don’t think there’s a hope in hell of these targets being achieved. Thesaurus: likely to failsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • not have a hope in hell — (not) have a chance/hope in hell to have no chance at all of achieving something. She hasn t a hope in hell of passing these exams. (usually + of + doing something) …   New idioms dictionary

  • not have a hope (in hell) (of doing something) — not have a ˈhope (in ˈhell) (of doing sth) idiom (informal) to have no chance at all • She doesn t have a hope of winning. Main entry: ↑hopeidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • not have a hope in hell — to have no chance of achieving something I don t think there s a hope in hell of these targets being achieved …   English dictionary

  • have a hope in hell — (not) have a chance/hope in hell to have no chance at all of achieving something. She hasn t a hope in hell of passing these exams. (usually + of + doing something) …   New idioms dictionary

  • hope in hell, not a —  No hope whatsoever, hooray! Excl. of pleasure …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • hell — ► NOUN 1) a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth to which the wicked are sent after death. 2) a state or place of great suffering. ►… …   English terms dictionary

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