till hell freezes over
1till hell freezes over — informal phrase used for saying that something is very unlikely to happen Hell will freeze over before she ever utters the word ‘Sorry’. Thesaurus: not likely to happensynonym general words meaning to happensynonym Main entry …
2till hell freezes over — mod. forever. (Use caution with hell.) □ That’s all right, boss; I can wait till hell freezes over for your answer. □ I’ll be here till hell freezes over …
3till hell freezes over — until the end of time, until the end of the world You can wait till hell freezes over but they won t pay their bill …
4till hell freezes over — informal used for saying that something is very unlikely to happen Hell will freeze over before she ever utters the word Sorry …
5till hell freezes over — idi an impossibly long time; forever …
6until hell freezes over — until (or till) hell freezes over for an extremely long time or forever …
7hell — O.E. hel, helle, nether world, abode of the dead, infernal regions, from P.Gmc. *haljo the underworld (Cf. O.Fris. helle, Du. hel, O.N. hel, Ger. Hölle, Goth. halja hell ) the underworld, lit. concealed place (Cf. O.N. hellir …
8hell — I UK [hel] / US noun [uncountable] *** 1) Hell in some religions, the place where bad people are sent to suffer for ever when they die. The place where good people are believed to go is called Heaven. 2) a situation that is extremely unpleasant… …
9hell — /hɛl / (say hel) noun 1. (also upper case) (in many religions and mythologies) the abode of the spirits of the dead, often, as in Christianity, a place or state of existence where the wicked are punished after death. See Gehenna, Hades. Compare… …
10hell — [[t]hɛl[/t]] n. 1) rel the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits 2) any place or state of torment or misery: to make someone s life hell[/ex] 3) cvb something that causes torment or misery …
