when there is little or no chance of something happening
used to describe the impossibility of something happening, with a sarcastic undertone
mostly used as an interjection instead of part of a sentence
Did you really think that he would show up to work the day after a long weekend? Fat chance!
“Are you going to buy a new car this year?” “Fat chance! I can’t even afford to fix mine.”
Fat chance of winning the lotto if you don’t even buy a ticket.
“Do you think that we will be allowed to bid on the project?” “Fat chance! The outcome has already been decided.”
When principal asked to students, “Will it rain today or not”? Tom replied, “Slim chance sir!”.
Doctor told her that being too old there is a slim chance of getting well of her grandfather.
There is no origin for this idiom
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