- when\ hell\ freezes\ over
- adv. phr. slangNever.
I'll believe you when hell freezes over.
Contrast: until hell freezes over
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
when\ hell\ freezes\ over
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when hell freezes over — see ↑hell • • • Main Entry: ↑freeze when hell freezes over informal + impolite used to say that you think that something will never happen I ll apologize when hell freezes over. [=I ll never apologize] • • • Main Entry: ↑hell … Useful english dictionary
when hell freezes over — An impossible or very unlikely situation or event … The small dictionary of idiomes
when hell freezes over — if you say that something will happen when hell freezes over, you mean that it will never happen. Taxes will be abolished when hell freezes over … New idioms dictionary
when hell freezes over — {adv. phr.}, {slang} Never. * /I ll believe you when hell freezes over./ Contrast: UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER … Dictionary of American idioms
when hell freezes over — {adv. phr.}, {slang} Never. * /I ll believe you when hell freezes over./ Contrast: UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER … Dictionary of American idioms
when hell freezes over — never He said that he would come to an office party when hell freezes over … Idioms and examples
Hell Freezes Over — Infobox Album Name = Hell Freezes Over Type = live Longtype = (with studio tracks) Artist = Eagles Released = November 8, 1994 Recorded = The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, Sound Interchange, Toronto nowrap|(studio tracks) Warner Burbank Studios … Wikipedia
when Hell freezes over — adverb never; not in this lifetime; not a chance. Will you go out with him? … Wiktionary
when hell freezes over — An impossible or very unlikely situation or event (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
until hell freezes over — {adv. phr.}, {slang} Forever, for an eternity. * /He can argue until hell freezes over; nobody will believe him./ Contrast: WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER … Dictionary of American idioms
