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Meantolearn Posted 19 years ago
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snowball in an incubator

0"the chance is as much as a snowball in an incubator"02br
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00What does the quotes above mean? Is it a common usage?02br
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0 An incubator is warm. A snowball would melt in an incubator. "You have as much chance of surviving as a snowball [would] in an incubator".

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  • 0 An incubator is warm.
  • A snowball would melt in an incubator.
  • "You have as much chance of surviving as a snowball [would] in an incubator".
  • 02br 02br 00I've usually heard this as "not having a snowball's chance in ****".
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0 An incubator is warm. A snowball would melt in an incubator. "You have as much chance of surviving as a snowball [would] in an incubator". 02br
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00I've usually heard this as "not having a snowball's chance in ****". The above is perhaps politer.0-
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0 It is not a common expression . 02br
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00At least i've never heard it.02br
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00The more common expression from which it is derived is02br
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00"Doesnt have a snowball's chance in ****"02br
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00because in **** it is very hot - allegedly.0-
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