once in a blue moon
eş: alle heiligen Zeiten
köken: Literally, “every jubilee year”, from the biblical Jubeljahr or Jobeljahr occurring every 50 years.
never; when pigs fly
köken: Calque of Latin ad kalendas Graecas.
when pigs fly; never
köken: Originally “met sint-juttemis als de kalveren op het ijs dansen”, meaning “on Saint Judith’s (17 August) when the calves dance on the ice”, clearly an impossible feat, it being summer.
when pigs fly (never)
köken: Literally, “on St. Never’s Day”. Compare German am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag.
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when Hell freezes over, never
when pigs fly, never
köken: Literally, “on [the feast day of] Saint Never”.
when Hell freezes over
köken: Probably a calque of English when Hell freezes over
nikdy
eş: na svatého Dyndy, až půjde žid z pouti, až kohout vejce snese, až opadá listí z dubu
never, when pigs fly
köken: Literally, “when the pig may fly”.
when pigs fly, at latter Lammas (never)
köken: Literally: “on the day after tomorrow, on small Tuesday”; a second part can be added borjúnyúzó pénteken (on a calf-skinning Friday)
never at all; never in a month of Sundays.
köken: Attributed by Suetonius in Lives of the Twelve Caesars to Caesar Augustus. The kalends (also written calends) were specific days of the Roman calendar (the first of the month), not of the Greek, and so the “Greek Kalends” would never occur.
when two Sundays come together · when pigs fly · never
köken: The literal meaning is “when tail of owl will bloom”.
never, when pigs fly (usually referring to payments or obligations)
köken: Literally, “in a year without wind”.
🔊 ―¿Noiz pagatuko nazu bada? ―¿Noiz? Aizerik eztan urtian.
first of never, when pigs fly (nonexistent day)
çekim: tamlayan Lae Philib an Chleite
köken: Literally, "Philipp the Feather's Day".
🔊 Feictear dom féin dá mbeinn sa tír seo go Lá Philib an Chleite nach dtógfainn aon bhlas den chanúint ghránna atá ag muintir na háite seo.
never, at no time
zıt: alltaf
köken: From Old Norse aldri, aldrigi.
aile: aldrei framar
🔊 Ég mun aldrei fyrirgefa þér.
🔊 Hún sagðist að hún myndi koma til klukkan 8 en hún kemur aldrei á réttum tíma.