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Tanım • when Hell freezes over (absolutely never)
Diğer Dillerde once in a blue moon
eş: alle heiligen Zeiten
köken: Literally, “every jubilee year”, from the biblical Jubeljahr or Jobeljahr occurring every 50 years.
when Hell freezes over; when pigs fly (never)
eş: jamais, à la Saint-Glinglin, semaine des quatre jeudis
köken: Literally, “when hens have teeth”.
that'll be the day; never; when pigs fly
köken: Literally, “the day when cows fly”.
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 Hell freezes over, never
when Hell freezes over
köken: Probably a calque of English when Hell freezes over
never, when pigs fly (usually referring to payments or obligations)
köken: Literally, “in a year without wind”.
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never, when hell freezes over