Learn English – What’s a simple word for “it seems to me that it isn’t going to happen”

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Let's say my friend is jobless and lazy. I know he should find a job, but I highly doubt he will even try to look. I could say:

It seems to me that it isn't going to happen.

Which of these possibilities is better:

  1. It seems to me that he won't get a job.
  2. It seems to me that he isn't going to get a job.

I don't want to refer to any particular job interview, just to the fact that I doubt he will find a job.

Also, I'd like to know if there is a more sophisticated and colloquial expression (an idiom) that I could use, something like it's very improbable that […].

Best Answer

Both of your options are correct. The first would be a little more informal since it uses won't.

There are several ways to express your friend's unlikely event

I doubt he will get a job.
It seems highly unlikely he will get a job.
His chances are slim to none he will get a job.
It seems unfathomable he will get a job.
It's incomprehensible he will get a job.

some common expressions to signify something is very unlikely or impossible

I'll believe it when I see it
Snowball's chance in hell
When pigs fly
When a cow jumps over the moon (dated)
No way in hell
Ain't gonna happen
That ain't happenin'

and the very sarcastic

P1: You think he will get a job?
P2: That lazy slug? Yeah, right (slight chuckle with possible eye roll)

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