Not a snowball’s chance in hell

As long as there’s chocolate at Christmas, I’m gonna eat it!
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Idiom: Not a snowball’s chance in hell

If you’re into the rock n’ roll band AC/DC, then you know Hell ain’t a Bad Place to Be.

As long as you’re not a snowball, that is.

According to legend, hell is supposed to be a little sultry.

Therefore, a snowball being made of, well, snow would not have much chance of surviving there.


When a person wants to say that something has no possibility of happening, they can use today’s phrase, not a snowball’s chance in hell.


It’s impossible to escape the effects of COVID-19, but it is possible to lessen them.

I imagine many conversations between couples debating a move out of the city and into a more rural area.

Perhaps after discussing the benefits, such as more space, a quieter, less hectic environment and, of course, everything being cheaper, they move on to the drawbacks of living in the countryside.

Naturally, there are pros and cons to everything, but centipedes in the bathroom, raccoon dogs in the garden and thirty-minute drives to the (in)convenience store may lead one or both of them to say there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell that they will move.

Then there are the kids.


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Christmas is just around the corner.

Will Santa become a so-called superspreader this year?

Imagine travelling around the world in one night—all those houses and opportunities to spread the virus.

Santa’s getting up there in age as well.

He’s undoubtedly at an age where catching COVID-19 will be very serious for him.

If he does make his regular Christmas Eve run, I’m sure Mrs. Claus will tell him there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell he can reenter their home without quarantining with the reindeer for two weeks.


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This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 69.

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