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until hell freezes over

prep_phrase

Definitions

  1. forever

    forever; without success, no matter how long one perseveres.

    • He can continue to be hard on himself until hell freezes over, because he's so self-centeredly pessimistic that there's nothing I can ever do to lighten him up.
    • They can be bellyaching to me about their life's problems until hell freezes over, but it doesn't mean that they'll ever get my sympathy.
    • I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for until hell freezes over. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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