There is not a " ghost of a chance" that I will leave.

我不可能离开的。

Of course he knew — no man better — that he hadn't a ghost of a chance, he hadn't an earthly. The very idea of such a thing was preposterous.

他当然知道——没有人比他更清楚了——他没有一丝机会，他没有世俗的机会。这种事情的想法本身就是荒谬的。