Reference > Quotations > Frank J. Wilstach, comp. > A Dictionary of Similes
  PREVIOUSNEXT  
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
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		  1
  No more chance than a hen has of hatching a codfish from a fried egg.
            —Anonymous		  2
  About as much chance as a man with a wooden leg in a forest fire.
            —George Broadhurst		  3
  About as much chance as a Hamburg steak in front of a starving iron-moulder.
            —R. L. Goldberg		  4
  Good a chance to win as a man learning to play poker on an ocean steamer.
            —O. Henry		  5
  As much chance as a dog with tallow legs chasing an asbestos cat in Hades.
            —Elbert Hubbard		  6
  No more chance than a one-legged man in a football game.
            —Elbert Hubbard		  7
  About as much chance as a fat June bug would have in the pathway of a road roller.
            —Grantland Rice		  8
  No more chance than a thaw in Zembla.
            —Sydney Smith		  9
  About as much chance as a prohibition candidate in a Democratic ward.
            —New York Times		  10
  No more chance than a motorist’s word has against a policeman’s.
            —New York Tribune		  11
 
 
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  PREVIOUSNEXT  
 
Loading
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Shakespeare · Bible · Saints · Anatomy · Harvard Classics · Lit. History · Quotations · Poetry
© 1993–2013 Bartleby.com · [Top 150]