- snowball chance
- n infml
She has as much chance as a snowball in hell — У нее нет никаких шансов
Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» . Глазунов С.А. . 2003.
snowball chance
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Snowball — Snow ball , n. 1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The Guelder rose. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) a shrub of the genus {Viburnum}, having large clusters of white flowers.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Snowball bush — Snowball Snow ball , n. 1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The Guelder rose. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) a shrub of the genus {Viburnum}, having large clusters of white… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Snowball tree — Snowball Snow ball , n. 1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The Guelder rose. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) a shrub of the genus {Viburnum}, having large clusters of white… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Snowball (Animal Farm) — Snowball is a fictional pig in the book Animal Farm written by George Orwell. Fictional biographyTogether with the pig Napoleon, Snowball leads the animals revolt against the human farmer, but is driven away from the farm (a comparison to… … Wikipedia
Snowball (Cockatoo) — Snowball (born c. 1996) is a male Eleonora Cockatoo, noted as being the first non human animal conclusively demonstrated to be capable of synchronizing the movements of his body to to a musical beat (i.e. dancing).BackgroundSnowball s abilities… … Wikipedia
Snowball's Chance — (Roof Books, 2002/03), was a controversial update of George Orwell s Animal Farm written by John Reed in which Snowball the pig returns to the Manor Farm, after many years absence, to install capitalism, which has its own pitfalls. The novel… … Wikipedia
snowball — (n.) c.1400, from SNOW (Cf. snow) (n.) + BALL (Cf. ball) (n.). The verb meaning to make snowballs is from 1680s; sense of to throw snowballs at (someone) is from 1850. Meaning to increase rapidly is attested from 1929, though the image of a… … Etymology dictionary
snowball — /ˈsnoʊbɔl/ (say snohbawl) noun 1. a ball of snow pressed or rolled together. 2. Also, snowball tree. any of certain shrubs, varieties of the genus Viburnum, especially the sterile cultivated variety of the guelder rose, V. opulus, with white… …
chance — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 possibility ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, high, real, strong ▪ There is a very real chance that the film will win an award. ▪ decent … Collocations dictionary
snowball — snow|ball1 [ˈsnəubo:l US ˈsnoubo:l] n 1.) a ball of snow that children make and throw at each other ▪ We had a massive snowball fight . 2.) snowball effect if something has a snowball effect, it starts a series of events or changes that all… … Dictionary of contemporary English
snowball — I UK [ˈsnəʊˌbɔːl] / US [ˈsnoʊˌbɔl] noun [countable] Word forms snowball : singular snowball plural snowballs a ball of snow that you throw • not have a snowball s chance (in hell) informal to have no chance of doing or having something II UK… … English dictionary
