daggermoon@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoHow come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?message-squaremessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareHow come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?daggermoon@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square55linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSeb the goblin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·8 days agoAccording to this stackexchange: fat chance is like a cynical no chance: You think you can win the lottery? Fat Chance. slim chance is when there is a small possibility. It does not infer any hidden meaning. Even though I did not study, there is a slim chance that I will pass the test.
minus-squarecattywampas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·8 days agoPlus language evolves organically and isn’t always perfectly logical and consistent.
According to this stackexchange:
Plus language evolves organically and isn’t always perfectly logical and consistent.