英语词汇“not a cat 's chance”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

i. not a cat (in hell)'s chance: no chance whatever.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > desire the impossible [phrase] > absence of possibility

you won't catch me1698

not a cat (in hell)'s chance1796

pigs might fly1840

there is (also was, etc.) no way (that)1908

not a hope (also chance) in hell1923

it's (just) not on1935

pigs have wings1936

that'll (also that will) be the day1941

not on your Nelly1959

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) (at cited word) No more chance than a cat in hell without claws; said of one who enters into a dispute or quarrel with one greatly above his match.

1902 C. J. C. Hyne Mr. Horrocks, Purser 100 Crutches by themselves wouldn't have stood a cat's chance.

1927 Daily Express 13 Dec. 16/6 There did not seem a cat's chance for Oxford on comparative form.

1928 Daily Express 6 Aug. 2/5 ‘Is there any likelihood of food prices being controlled by the Government?’... ‘By the record of the existing Government there is not a cat's chance.’

1958 M. Procter Man in Ambush ii. 19 He hasn't a cat-in-hell chance.

1962 ‘H. Howard’ Double Finesse xvi. 168 You haven't a cat-in-hell's chance of getting away.

1966 Guardian 22 June 3/6 One seaman said the union had not ‘a cat in hell's chance’ of beating the Government as well as the shipowners.

单词	not a cat 's chance
释义	> as lemmas not a cat (in hell)'s chance i. not a cat (in hell)'s chance: no chance whatever. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > desire the impossible [phrase] > absence of possibility you won't catch me1698 not a cat (in hell)'s chance1796 pigs might fly1840 there is (also was, etc.) no way (that)1908 not a hope (also chance) in hell1923 it's (just) not on1935 pigs have wings1936 that'll (also that will) be the day1941 not on your Nelly1959 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) (at cited word) No more chance than a cat in hell without claws; said of one who enters into a dispute or quarrel with one greatly above his match. 1902 C. J. C. Hyne Mr. Horrocks, Purser 100 Crutches by themselves wouldn't have stood a cat's chance. 1927 Daily Express 13 Dec. 16/6 There did not seem a cat's chance for Oxford on comparative form. 1928 Daily Express 6 Aug. 2/5 ‘Is there any likelihood of food prices being controlled by the Government?’... ‘By the record of the existing Government there is not a cat's chance.’ 1958 M. Procter Man in Ambush ii. 19 He hasn't a cat-in-hell chance. 1962 ‘H. Howard’ Double Finesse xvi. 168 You haven't a cat-in-hell's chance of getting away. 1966 Guardian 22 June 3/6 One seaman said the union had not ‘a cat in hell's chance’ of beating the Government as well as the shipowners. extracted from catn.¹ < as lemmas
随便看	to give a person the worst on it to give a person their cards to give a person thing) the fingers to give a person time to give a person to believe, know, note, understand to give a person to eat to give a person what for to give a person's respects to to give a piece of one's mind to give a push to give a rap full to give a rattle to give a re-rub to give a reason to give a record a re-rub to give a record a rerub to give a repulse to give a rerub to give a rest to give a ring to give a rocket to give a roland for an oliver to give a room a good sweep to give a rough ride to give a rouse

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