I’ve always heard the phrase “there’s a snowball’s chance in hell of…” which suggests a probability of zero. I guess other folks use isn’t before, but now I’m questioning if that makes sense! - ThreadSky

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anthonymkreis.bsky.social • 61 days ago

I’ve always heard the phrase “there’s a snowball’s chance in hell of…” which suggests a probability of zero. I guess other folks use isn’t before, but now I’m questioning if that makes sense!

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rainingly.bsky.social•61 days ago

My ex always said ‘I could care less’. I explained a few times that the way he used it made no sense. But. Yeah. He and I, were that snowball ❄️

lordsutch.com•61 days ago

I think in "there isn't/it doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell" there's an implied "even" in (spoken) English. At least that's how I'd understand the phrase.

robheverly.bsky.social•61 days ago

"There isn't a snowball's chance in hell" reads to me as being a less than zero chance;

Snowball's chance of being in hell=zero;

Isn't even that chance?
"There's a snowball's chance" reads to me as "no chance."

The first is a nice rhetorical flourish.

I'm now way overthinking this...