"dog's chance" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-dog's chance.ogg [Australia] Forms: a dog's chance [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-noun|?|head=a dog's chance}} a dog's chance
  1. (idiomatic) Little or no likelihood. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: snowball's chance in hell
    Sense id: en-dog's_chance-en-noun-7Pj65qpn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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