a cold day in Hell



a cold day in Hell

An impossible event used as an analogy for something the speaker thinks will never happen. Often used in the phrase "it will be a cold day in Hell before (something happens)." It will be a cold day in Hell when I let you borrow my car! Shelly wants a later curfew? Well, it will be a cold day in Hell before that happens!
See also: cold, hell

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lourens-Frisian, Dutch
Mahtab-Persian
PÁLlPOWTL (Icelandic)Icelandic, Faroese
Crescenzo-Italian
Praveena-Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi
UtzUWTSGerman