when Hell freezes over
when Hell freezes over adverb: never; not in this lifetime or a time in the unforeseeably distant future; not a chance.
Adverb
when Hell freezes over (not comparable)
- 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!"
- Synonyms:
- at latter Lammas, at no time, in the reign of Queen Dick, ne'er, never, never ever, not while pussy's a cat, on the second Tuesday of the week, sine die, when pigs fly
- "Will you go out with him?"
when Hell freezes over meaning in Tagalog
when Hell freezes over in Tagalog
- never
- kapag nagyelo ang impiyerno
Synonyms of when Hell freezes over
- at latter Lammas
- at no time
- in the reign of Queen Dick
- ne'er
- never
- never ever
- not while pussy's a cat
- on the second Tuesday of the week
- sine die
- when pigs fly
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Questions about when Hell freezes over
- What does when Hell freezes over mean?
- When Hell freezes over means never; not in this lifetime or a time in the unforeseeably distant future; not a chance.
- What is when Hell freezes over in Tagalog?
- When Hell freezes over in Tagalog is kapag nagyelo ang impiyerno. See When Hell freezes over meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is when Hell freezes over?
- When Hell freezes over is an adverb.
Words near when Hell freezes over in the dictionary
- when America sneezes, the world catches a cold
- when as
- when everything is said and done
- when God closes a door he opens a window
- when heck freezes over
- when Hell freezes over
- when I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck
- when in doubt, do nowt
- when in Rome
- when in Rome, do as the Romans
- when in Rome, do as the Romans do
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