-(으)ㄹ 리가 없다

How to use it

Expresses strong certainty that something is impossible. The question -(으)ㄹ 리가 있어요? is rhetorical (= no way).

Forming it

Examples

• 그 친구가 거짓말을 할 리가 없어요.

  There's no way that friend would lie.

• 어제 산 우유가 벌써 상했을 리가 없어요.

  There's no way the milk I bought yesterday has already gone bad.

Compared with similar patterns

-(으)ㄹ지도 모르다 leaves room for possibility; -(으)ㄹ 게 뻔하다 says something is obviously true or will surely happen.

Related patterns

• -(으)ㄹ지도 모르다 might, may (uncertain possibility)
• -(으)ㄹ 게 뻔하다 it's obvious that …, surely will (a predictable, usually bad result)