ghost of a chance
Barely any possibility
A ghost of a chance is the slimmest possibility of success—barely there, almost invisible: He doesn't have a ghost of a chance of winning.
Nearly always appears in negative constructions, emphasizing how unlikely something is.
The ghost suggests something so faint it might not exist at all.
- wispThin, delicate trace
- thin airSeeming nothingness
- unlikelyNot apt to happen
- glimmerFaint, wavering light
- ray of hopeSmall cause for optimism
long shot · sliver · shadow · hope · doubt · trace · fade · breath · last gasp · improbable · spark · flicker · thread · prayer · flutter · blink · optimism · pipe dream
- futilityfutile, futility, in vain, pointlessness, vain
ghost of a chancesure thing
Guaranteed outcome or agreement
certainty · dead cert · guarantee · lock · foregone conclusion
ghost of a chancein the bag
Certain to succeed
money in the bank · surefire · cinch · no-brainer · inevitable
ghost, ghosts, ghostly, ghostliness, ghosted, ghosting, chance, chances, chanced