Meaning: blowback 
n.
the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
WBA Idiom, Proverb
a snowball's chance in hell
snowball
blowback
have a snowball's chance in hell
Idiom(s): have a snowball's chance in hellTheme: CHANCE
to have no chance at all; to have a chance no greater than that of a snowball in hell. (A snowball would melt in hell and have no chance of surviving. Use hell with caution.)
• He has a snowball's chance in hell of passing the test.
• You don't have a snowball's chance in hell of her agreeing to marry you.
Not a snowball's chance in hell
There is absolutely no possibility of something hapening if there's not a snowball's chance in hell.a snowball's chance
very little chance (as much chance as a snowball has in hell): "We don't have a snowball's chance of winning that contract!"drawback
n. Disadvantage; obstacle; hindrance. The biggest drawback of Bill's plan is the cost involved.have a snowball's chance in hell|chance|have|hell|
v. phr. To be condemned to failure; enjoy a zero chance of success. Pessimists used to think that we had a snowball's chance in hell to put a man on the moon; yet we did it in July, 1969.snowball's chance in hell, a
snowball's chance in hell, aNo chance at all, as in He hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of getting there in two hours. This idiom, nearly always used negatively, alludes to the traditional view of hell as extremely hot, causing snow to melt at once. [Late 1800s]
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