Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
until-hell-freezes-over
idiom
/ʌnˌtɪl hɛl friːzɪz ˈoʊvər/
Definition
A phrase used to indicate that something will never happen or that a situation will endure indefinitely without change.
Examples
- I’ll keep trying to get him to apologize until hell freezes over.
- She said she would never go back to that place until hell freezes over.
Meaning
The expression suggests that a certain event or action is so unlikely to occur that it can be compared to the impossible occurrence of hell freezing over.
Synonyms
- never
- for all eternity
- not ever
