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When can I use it? In which situation can I use the expression: "you do not stand a cat's chance". Can someone provide an example situation , please?
Apr 23, 2016 8:03 PM
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Ok. If someone were to ask, "Hey, do think I could jump off the Empire State building and live?" You could say, "You don't stand a Cat's Chance!"
April 23, 2016
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I've never heard this expression. We say that a cat has "nine lives" (or nine chances), so it doesn't make any sense to me.
April 23, 2016
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I've only seen the slightly longer phrase "a cat in hell's chance"
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have+a+cat+in+hell
's+chance I agree with Taylor's example.
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