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Synonyms for fat chance

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fat
Phonetic Transcription : fæt

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Définition of fat chance

Origin :
  • Old English fætt "fat, fatted, plump, obese," originally a contracted past participle of fættian "to cram, stuff," from Proto-Germanic *faitaz "fat" (cf. Old Frisian fatt, Old Norse feitr, Dutch vet, German feist), from PIE *poid- "to abound in water, milk, fat, etc." (cf. Greek piduein "to gush forth"), from root *peie- "to be fat, swell" (cf. Sanskrit payate "swells, exuberates," pituh "juice, sap, resin;" Lithuanian pienas "milk;" Greek pion "fat, wealthy;" Latin pinguis "fat").
  • Teen slang meaning "attractive, up to date" (also later phat) is attested from 1951. Fat cat "privileged and rich person" is from 1928; fat chance "no chance at all" attested from 1906. Fathead is from 1842; fat-witted is from 1590s; fatso is first recorded 1944. Expression the fat is in the fire originally meant "the plan has failed" (1560s).
  • noun no chance
Example sentences :
  • "An' if we're torpedoed a fat chance we'll have down here," he said aloud.
  • Extract from : « Three Soldiers » by John Dos Passos
  • Fat chance a feller's got o' seein' just how all these bugs bite him.
  • Extract from : « The Pathless Trail » by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
  • You had a fat chance of talking the old Major out of anything!
  • Extract from : « Fore! » by Charles Emmett Van Loan
  • Fat chance Jap subs would have getting close to those flat-tops.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • “Fat chance we have of winning now,” Dan said as the final event of the meet was called.
  • Extract from : « Dan Carter and the River Camp » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • Fat chance you'll have, with Friend Harrison there to spot you, not to mention the old boy himself and Culvera.
  • Extract from : « Steve Yeager » by William MacLeod Raine
  • “A fat chance he has of getting a hundred dollars from Brenchfield at this stage of the game,” exclaimed Jim.
  • Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
  • What a fat chance for that sweet maiden of fifty years who grabbed me off at the station, the day I left for camp.
  • Extract from : « Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie » by Barney Stone
  • And he doesn't tell me anything except that we stand a fat chance of losing everything.
  • Extract from : « Big Timber » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • Gunnar muttered some words that might be roughly interpreted as “Fat Chance” and he and Odin left the girl on the steps.
  • Extract from : « Hunters Out of Space » by Joseph Everidge Kelleam
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