fat chance

/fæt tʃæns/
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Definitions of fat chance
  1. noun
    little or no chance of success
    synonyms: slim chance
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    type of:
    chance, probability
    a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
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