English
Pronunciation
Adverb
when Hell freezes over (not comparable)
- (idiomatic, slang, informal, hyperbolic) Never; not in this lifetime or a time in the unforeseeably distant future; not a chance.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:never
"Will you go out with him?"
"When Hell freezes over!"
"When will the sun shine in Dunedin?"
"When Hell freezes over!"
Translations
never
- Basque: haizerik ez den urtean
- Catalan: a les calendes gregues (ca), la setmana dels tres dijous, quan les gallines pixin (ca)
- Czech: až peklo zamrzne
- Dutch: wanneer Pasen en Pinksteren op een dag vallen, met sint-juttemis, als Pasen en Pinksteren op een dag vallen
- Finnish: kun helvetti jäätyy
- French: quand les poules auront des dents (fr)
- German: wenn die Hölle zufriert, alle Jubeljahre (de), wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fallen (de), an Sankt Nimmerlein
- Italian: alle calende greche, quando gli asini voleranno, mai (it)
- Macedonian: на куково лето (na kukovo leto)
- Norwegian: når helvetet fryser
- Polish: prędzej piekło zamarznie
- Portuguese: quando o inferno congelar, no dia de São Nunca (pt), quando as galinhas criarem dentes (pt), quando as galinhas tiverem dentes (pt)
- Russian: когда́ рак на горе́ сви́стнет (ru) (kogdá rak na goré svístnet), по́сле до́ждичка в четве́рг (ru) (pósle dóždička v četvérg)
- Slovene: ko pekel zmrzne
- Spanish: el día que las vacas vuelen
- Swedish: när helvetet fryser till is (sv)
- Tagalog: kapag nagyelo ang impiyerno
- Welsh: pan fydd uffern yn rhewi drosodd
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