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Slim chance   /slɪm tʃæns/   Listen
Slim chance

noun
1.
Little or no chance of success.  Synonym: fat chance.






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"Slim chance" Quotes from Famous Books



... is not much doubt of that," replied Chester, "but Rome is a pretty sizeable town. A slim chance we have ...
— The Boy Allies in Great Peril • Clair W. Hayes

... wanter be sendin' un you down yer fer, ef you gwine ter be stirr'n' en bodderin' 'longer dem ar doin's," exclaimed Uncle Remus, indignantly. "Now don't you scatter dem hog-bristle! De time wuz w'en folks had a mighty slim chance fer ter git bristle, en dey aint no tellin' w'en dat time gwine come ag'in. Let 'lone dat, de time wuz w'en de breed er hogs wuz done run down ter one po' little pig, en it look lak mighty sorry chance fer dem w'at was ...
— Nights With Uncle Remus - Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation • Joel Chandler Harris

... I can't be selfish enough to keep him hanging round me forever on the slim chance that some time I shall be willing to marry him. He is too fine to be treated like that. He wants to go overseas unless I will marry him now and I can't do that. It is better that we should be apart for a while. As for me I have my work and I am ...
— Wild Wings - A Romance of Youth • Margaret Rebecca Piper



Words linked to "Slim chance" :   chance, probability



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