when hell freezes over

when hell freezes over {adv. phr.}, {slang}

Never.

I'll believe you when hell freezes over.

Contrast: UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER.

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until hell freezes over

[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]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

hell

[hell] See: [COME HELL OR HIGH WATER], [GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER], [HELL-ON-WHEELS], [LIKE HELL], [TO HELL WITH], [UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER], [WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

a hell of

[a hell of a] or [one hell of a] {adj.} or {adv. phr.}, {informal} Extraordinary; very. * /He made a hell of a shot during the basketball game./ * /Max […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

like hell

[like hell] {adv.}, {slang}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} 1. With great vigor. * /As soon as they saw the cops, they ran like hell./ 2. {interj.} Not so; untrue; indicates the speaker's […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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