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fat chance

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Source Word

fat chance

colloquial idiomatic sarcastic uncountable

(idiomatic, colloquial, sarcastic) Little or no chance, a low or nonexistent likelihood of occurrence or success.

Japanese Meaning

可能性がほとんどなく、起こる見込みが極めて低いこと（皮肉や風刺を伴う表現） / 実際にはありえない、または現実味が薄いとされる状況 / （皮肉的に使われる）成功や成立の可能性が皆無の状態

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When he says he'll be here by six, fat chance he'll actually show up.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼が6時までにここに来ると言っても、実際に来る可能性はほとんどないだろう。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic, colloquial, sarcastic) Little or no chance, a low or nonexistent likelihood of occurrence or success.

As soon as the word comes out of your mouth […] your own servant is going to size you up as one of those limousine liberals, or whatever epithet they use, who are busy pouring white soul all over the black movement, and would you do as much for the white lower class, for the domestics of the East Side, for example, fat chance, sahib.

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