hell freezes over

When someone says "It will happen when hell freezes over", it means "It will never happen..."

Unless it does happen.

When people asked Don Henley whether the Eagles would get back together, Henley would always say "We'll get back together when hell freezes over." Little did they know 14 years later, they would get back together, and they immediately knew what to call their new live album.

hell freezes over by Fluthy February 22, 2020

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when hell freezes over

signifies that something will never, ever happen.

1: so when will the Bengals win the Super Bowl?
2: when hell freezes over, that's when.

when hell freezes over by KRHimself November 29, 2004

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till hell freezes over

forever(use caution with hell)

We will probably have to wait till hell freezes over to explore another galaxy.

till hell freezes over by Light Joker December 21, 2004

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when hell freezes over

Idiomatic expression used to describe an event or scenario that is so unlikely that it will likely never occur.

Q: Dude, I'm tired of the beach. Wanna go and ride that fake, plastic wave that they setup at Wal-Mart?
A: Yeah!
Q: Right on! Let's roll!
A: Hold on, I'd rather do that when hell freezes over. You stupid nincompoop.

when hell freezes over by broceanographer July 20, 2006

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to the day hell freezes over

another way of saying no to a person on something by exaggeration with it

"Rita, when are you going to give me a kiss?" asked Beta. Rita responds with "to the day hell freezes overwhile walking out the door of the room" leaving Beta depressed.

to the day hell freezes over by jeffersonson October 17, 2019

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Utility beer

Utility beer is the beer you keep around for the day-to-day moments when beer is a necessity to assist in pedestrian activities (golf, plumbing, yardwork, babysitting, staff meetings, Zoom calls). For the beer snob it is the beer you save for neighbors when they drop in at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday. It is differentiated from the actual high-end beer you save for special events, holidays, and special tastings.

Person 1: Dave, did you bring along those hazy craft IPA's so we could drink while cleaning Lyle's pool?
Person 2: Nope. I just have a bunch of utility beer that Steve dumped on me. Good enough for this. It is only 10:30 a.m.

Utility beer by lakeshore February 1, 2022

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Oinking

Police activity, especially of the non-productive type i.e. The act of setting up and patrolling speed traps, harassing or arresting people based on appearance (racial profiling), breaking up parties, any sort of cannabis bust, etc.

"Did you see all the cops on highway 6? They are oinking hard!"

"I hope Johnny doesn't get caught with his bag of weed, the pigs are oinking"

Oinking by DontDrinkSoda June 29, 2013

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