Fat chance

Learning English Conversations

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🗓️ 30 July 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Learn an expression about likelihood.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English we speak.
0:09.0	From BBC learning English.
0:12.0	com. Hello and welcome'm Rob.
0:14.0	I'm Rob. Have I told you about the
0:15.0	the English we speak? I'm Faye Faye.
0:17.0	Have I told you about the competition that I've entered Faye
0:21.0	No Rob. What is it? It's a singing competition. You have to perform a popular
0:26.0	song from your favourite band and I'm going to win.
0:29.4	You? Are you going to win? No offence Rob, but I've heard your singing voice and well I'm not sure
0:39.5	What are you trying to say Fay Faye? All I'm saying is that there is a fat chance of you winning the competition.
0:46.2	Right, so first you make fun of my singing and now you're calling me fat.
0:50.7	Oh, how cheeky. Oh no, Rob, no, I'm not calling you fat. Oh no Rob, no, I'm not calling you fat. I'm saying that the likelihood of you
0:58.0	winning the competition is very small. Oh right yes, fat chance is an English phrase. To say something is not very likely.
1:06.0	I remember now.
1:07.0	Right, while you calm down, let's hear some other examples of this phrase. I bought a lottery ticket for tonight's draw and these are my lucky numbers.
1:20.4	I'm definitely going to win.
1:23.0	Fat chance.
1:25.0	I hope it's warm this weekend. I want to go fishing.
1:29.0	Well, fat chance of that. It's the middle of November.
1:39.0	I auditioned for a role in a movie, but there's fat chance of me getting the role. I saw loads of famous actors auditioning too. This is the English we speak from BBC Learning
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