Chinaman's chance

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Chinaman's chance is an offensive American idiom which means that a person has little or no chance at success, synonymous with similar idioms of improbability such as a snowball's chance in hell or when pigs fly. Although the origin of the phrase is unclear, it may refer to the historical misfortunes which were suffered by Chinese-American immigrants. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString When Federal officers mete out such treatment to a man previously established to be an American citizen, we can well understand the bitter irony of the current phrase "A Chinaman's chance."
rdf:langString It means very little likelihood of success. And if you use the term, it means you have very little likelihood of brain activity.
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rdf:langString nonexistent or highly unlikely probability of success
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