"snowball's chance in hell" meaning in English

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          "text": "That small boat has a snowball's chance in hell of surviving the hurricane."
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        "Little (if any) likelihood of occurrence or success."
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        "(informal, hyperbolic, idiomatic) Little (if any) likelihood of occurrence or success."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "a cat in hell's chance"
        },
        {
          "word": "a cold day in Hell"
        },
        {
          "word": "a snowflake's chance in hell"
        },
        {
          "word": "snowball's chance in heck"
        },
        {
          "word": "Chinaman's chance"
        },
        {
          "word": "first of never"
        },
        {
          "word": "when Hell freezes over"
        },
        {
          "word": "when pigs fly"
        }
      ],
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        "excessive",
        "idiomatic",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xīwàng",
          "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
          "word": "希望渺茫"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "aravitari šansi",
          "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
          "word": "არავითარი შანსი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "aranairi šansi",
          "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
          "word": "არანაირი შანსი"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
          "word": "alle calende greche"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
          "word": "quando gli asini voleranno"
        },
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
          "word": "mai"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
          "word": "när helvetet fryser till is"
        }
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "a cat in hell's chance"
    },
    {
      "word": "a cold day in Hell"
    },
    {
      "word": "a snowflake's chance in hell"
    },
    {
      "word": "snowball's chance in heck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chinaman's chance"
    },
    {
      "word": "first of never"
    },
    {
      "word": "when Hell freezes over"
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      "word": "when pigs fly"
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          "text": "That small boat has a snowball's chance in hell of surviving the hurricane."
        }
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        "Little (if any) likelihood of occurrence or success."
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        "(informal, hyperbolic, idiomatic) Little (if any) likelihood of occurrence or success."
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīwàng",
      "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
      "word": "希望渺茫"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aravitari šansi",
      "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
      "word": "არავითარი შანსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aranairi šansi",
      "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
      "word": "არანაირი შანსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
      "word": "alle calende greche"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
      "word": "quando gli asini voleranno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
      "word": "mai"
    },
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      "sense": "Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success",
      "word": "när helvetet fryser till is"
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  "word": "snowball's chance in hell"
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