| 单词 | when hell freezes |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhen (also till, until) hell freezes (over) d. when (also till, until) hell freezes (over): at some date in the impossibly distant future; for ever; never. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > eternity [phrase] > eternally or for ever (on, to) worulde (a) butan endeOE on (also in, þurh, geond) ealra worulda woruldOE (baith) heir and hyne1567 when (also till, until) hell freezes (over)1832 to hell and gone1863 1832 Evangelical Mag. & Gospel Advocate 4 Feb. 38/3 This week we received another paper returned from the same [post] office..on the margin of which is written, ‘Stop this paper or send it to Syracuse, where [the subscriber now] lives. Baldwinsville, Onon. co. N.Y. I shall send it back until hell freezes over, but what I will stop it [sic].’ 1863 D. A. Mahony Prisoner of State 235 We will fight you barefooted till hell freezes over. 1897 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 811/2 They'll stand now till hell freezes over. 1919 J. A. Fisher Let. 13 June in Henry Bristow Ltd. Catal. (1973) No. 203. 9 Yours till hell freezes. 1949 Romance Philol. 2 105 We have the meaning ‘forever’ in ‘I'll wait until Hell freezes over’ and the meaning ‘never’ in ‘I'll do it when Hell freezes over’. 1961 ‘A. A. Fair’ Stop at Red Light (1962) ii. 36 If their suspicions once get aroused, they'll investigate until hell freezes over. 1999 J. Jackson Cure for Gravity 24 It's not so much that the power of music can't be explained. You can explain it..and talk about it till hell freezes over, and it's still a mystery. 2002 Village Voice (N.Y.) 4 Dec. 46/1 ‘I saw a billboard..that said, “Looking for a Sign from God? Here's One: Ordain Women.”’ As far as the Vatican is concerned, that'll happen when hell freezes over. < as lemmas |
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