Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Chance
About as much chance as a lamb in Mr. Armour’s slaughter house.
—George Ade
No more chance than a hen has of hatching a codfish from a fried egg.
—Anonymous
About as much chance as a man with a wooden leg in a forest fire.
—George Broadhurst
About as much chance as a Hamburg steak in front of a starving iron-moulder.
—R. L. Goldberg
Good a chance to win as a man learning to play poker on an ocean steamer.
—O. Henry
As much chance as a dog with tallow legs chasing an asbestos cat in Hades.
—Elbert Hubbard
No more chance than a one-legged man in a football game.
—Elbert Hubbard
About as much chance as a fat June bug would have in the pathway of a road roller.
—Grantland Rice
No more chance than a thaw in Zembla.
—Sydney Smith
About as much chance as a prohibition candidate in a Democratic ward.
—New York Times
No more chance than a motorist’s word has against a policeman’s.
—New York Tribune