chance, bad chance, ghost of a chance, little chance, small chance,
poor chance, scarcely any chance, no chance; bare possibility; long
odds; incredibility &c 485.
V. be improbable &c adj.; have a small chance &c n..
Adj. improbable, unlikely, contrary to all reasonable expectation; wild
[Coll.], far out [Coll.], out of sight [Coll.], outtasight [Coll.],
heavy [Coll.].
rare &c (infrequent) 137; unheard of, inconceivable; unimaginable,
inimaginable†; incredible &c 485; more than doubtful; strange, bizarre
(uncomformable) 83.
Phr. the chances are against; aquila non capit muscas [Lat.]; pedir
peras pal olmo [Lat.].