when hell freezes over
基本解釋
- 永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)；地獄結(jié)冰；絕不可能的事
英漢例句
- The only way to get rid of him short of a shotgun is to agree to meet up soon. Preferably, when hell freezes over.
擺脫他的最好辦法是說我先失陪過會(huì)再過來，儅然，等到地獄的冰化了再說吧。 - And they say it will be when hell freezes over that they will accept anything remotely like a stimulus bill or any kind of a proposal you have out there to stimulate job growth through spending.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Press Conference - Besides, the state's would-be budget-balancers have tried almost everything else they can think of—short of imposing a personal income tax, which may come when hell, or at any rate Houston, freezes over.
ECONOMIST: Or, when is a new tax not a new tax?
雙語例句
權(quán)威例句
英英字典
- If you say that something will happen when hell freezes over, you mean that it will never happen.