Fat and slim are opposites. Make it make sense.

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[–] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Full sayings:

  • slim chance
  • fat chance in hell

The "in hell" gets dropped from fat chance making the colloquialism confusing.

This is similar to the "blood is thicker than water" shortening of "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", people who have always heard the first one often use it as an argument for " family sticks together "; when the saying really means the bonds we form of our own choosing are stronger than any presumed by family.

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