| English | Russian |
| have a snowball's chance in hell | не иметь шансов (He has a snow ball's chance in hell of passing the test; With those grades she hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of getting into college; Pessimists used to think that we had a snowball's chance in hell to put a man on the moon; yet we did it in July, 1969 Taras) |
| not a snowball's chance in hell | никаких шансов (not have a snowball's chance in hell not have a snowball's chance in hell idiom informal to have no chance of succeeding If he can't afford a good lawyer, he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the case. CALD. There is not a "'snowball's chance in hell'" that the UK will eradicate child poverty by 2020, a Government adviser said yesterday. Alexander Demidov) |
| not have a snowball's chance in hell | не иметь шансов (Alexander Demidov) |
| snowball in hell | нулевые шансы (With our budget, we have a snowball in hell's chance of winning that lawsuit vogeler) |
| snowball in hell | никаких шансов (With our budget, we have a snowball in hell's chance of winning that lawsuit vogeler) |
| snowball's chance in hell | весьма незначительный шанс на успех (in Arizona; rather more politically correct than the suggested ethnically-based idiom Liv Bliss) |
| there isn't a snowball's chance in hell of | нет ни малейшего шанса (dagordan) |