What are current expressions/phrases for a date or point in time in the future that does not exist, meaning "never"? In German, we have "St. Nimmerleinstag" (meaning "the day of saint never"), what would be comparable English expressions?
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2"When pigs fly" https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/phrases/when-pigs-fly/ -- "The twelfth of never" (This and other alternatives are given at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_idioms_of_improbability) – Greybeard Mar 21 '20 at 11:08
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'When hell freezes over'. – Decapitated Soul Mar 21 '20 at 11:14
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+1 @Greybeard It's not for nothing that your beard has turned grey. – Kris Mar 21 '20 at 11:41
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1Not in a month of Sundays. – Weather Vane Mar 21 '20 at 12:43
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Does this answer your question? What is the equivalent of Persian idiom "When the reed blooms"? 'When hell freezes over', 'when Burnham Wood comes to Dunsinane --Shakespeare', 'on February 30th' and many other suggestions are listed. – Edwin Ashworth Mar 21 '20 at 14:59
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1A character on a TV show I was watching tonight pretended to check his diary and said he could do the thing being asked of him from "the 7th of never through to the 15th of ain't-gonna-happen". – nnnnnn Mar 21 '20 at 19:15