a cold day in July en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From July being on average the hottest month in the Northern Hemisphere.
Meanings
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(colloquial, idiomatic, no-plural) The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.
It'll be a cold day in July when that happens.
Relateds
Synonyms
a cold day in Hell · when Hell freezes over · when pigs fly
Translations (17)
it mai (an event that will never happen) · ru после дождичка в четверг (an event that will never happen) · pt dia de São Nunca (an event that will never happen) · tr çıkmaz ayın son çarşambası (an event that will never happen) · it alle calende greche (an event that will never happen) · cmn 绝不可能 (an event that will never happen) · de wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fallen (an event that will never happen) · tr balık kavağa çıkınca (an event that will never happen) · it quando gli asini voleranno (an event that will never happen) · fr à la Saint-Glinglin (an event that will never happen) · fr quand les poules auront des dents (an event that will never happen) · ru когда рак на горе свистнет (an event that will never happen) · fr semaine des quatre jeudis (an event that will never happen) · cmn 绝无可能 (an event that will never happen) · de am Sankt Nimmerleinstag (an event that will never happen) · tr iki cihan bir araya gelince (an event that will never happen) · de wenn Ostern und Weihnachten auf einen Tag fallen (an event that will never happen)