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