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A ghost of a chance Meaning in English

expression

UH GOHST uh UH CHANS
UH GOHST uhv UH CHAANS

التعريف

Used to say that something has a very small or almost no possibility of happening. It means there is hardly any chance at all.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

This is an informal idiom, often used to strongly emphasize doubt or pessimism. Usually appears in negative statements: 'not a ghost of a chance.' Do not use it in formal writing. Similar to 'a snowball's chance in hell,' but less emphatic.

Spanish: una mínima posibilidad - una remota posibilidadPortuguese (BR): mínima chance - quase nenhuma chancePortuguese (PT): mínima hipótese - possibilidade remotaChinese (Simplified): 几乎没有机会 - 微乎其微的机会Chinese (Traditional): 幾乎沒有機會 - 微乎其微的機會Hindi: बहुत कम संभावनाArabic: فرصة ضئيلة جداًBengali: একেবারে সামান্য সুযোগRussian: призрачный шанс - почти нет шансовJapanese: わずかな可能性Vietnamese: gần như không có cơ hộiKorean: 아주 희박한 가능성Turkish: hiç şansı yok - çok az şansı varUrdu: انتہائی کم موقعIndonesian: sangat kecil kemungkinan

جمل نموذجية

He doesn't have a ghost of a chance of winning the race.

basic

There isn't a ghost of a chance that it will snow today.

basic

We only have a ghost of a chance to fix the computer before the meeting.

basic

Honestly, we don't stand a ghost of a chance against their team this season.

natural

She doesn't have a ghost of a chance of convincing her parents to let her go.

natural

With those prices, I don't have a ghost of a chance of buying that car.

natural