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dog's chance
noun
- little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative):
That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dog's chance1
Example Sentences
This is the owner’s time outside to stretch his legs and appreciate nature, but it’s also a dog’s chance for an outdoor break.
Rep. Jessica Fay says allowing trained professionals to provide emergency veterinary care can drastically improve a dog’s chance of survival.
But living in a pet-store environment likely increases a young dog’s chance of contracting the infection, says Altier.
To increase a poisoned dog’s chance of survival, Burnette advises using a garden hose to flush the animal’s mouth before an emergency vet visit.
Woolf’s essay explores how a woman “must have money and a room of her own” to write fiction, suggesting that “poetry depends upon intellectual freedom. And women have always been poor, not for 200 years merely, but from the beginning of time. Women have had less intellectual freedom than the sons of Athenian slaves. Women, then, have not had a dog’s chance of writing poetry.”
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