when Hell freezes over
Adverb
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Adverb
when Hell freezes over (not comparable)
- (idiom, slang, informal, hyperbolic) Never; not in this lifetime or a time in the unforeseeably distant future; not a chance.
- "Will you go out with him?"
- "When Hell freezes over!"
- "When will the sun shine in Dunedin?"
- "When Hell freezes over!"
- French: quand les poules auront des dents
- German: wenn die Hölle zufriert, alle Jubeljahre, wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fallen
- Italian: alle calende greche, quando gli asini voleranno, mai
- Portuguese: quando o inferno congelar
- Russian: когда́ рак на горе́ сви́стнет
- Spanish: el día que las vacas vuelen
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