Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)Never.

    am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag, wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fallen

    не бачити як свого носаne bačyty jak svoho nosa, коли на долоні волосся виростеkoly na doloni volossja vyroste

Examples

25 sentences

  1. When are you flying back to Boston?

    deWann fliegst du zurück nach Boston? — Zaghawa

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  2. I hate it when helicopters fly over my house.

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  3. When will Tom fly again?

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  4. When are you flying back to Australia?

    deWann fliegst du wieder nach Australien? — Waldelfe

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  5. I'll go with you when pigs fly.

    Я піду з тобою, коли рак на горі свисне. — deniko

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
never, expressed by an idiom:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
never, expressed by an idiom:

Origin

Referencing the fact that pigs do not have wings and cannot fly.

Referencing the fact that pigs do not have wings and cannot fly.

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Synonyms

13 synonyms
neverA1at latter Lammasat no timein the reign of Queen Dicknever evernot while pussy's a catsine diewhen Hell freezes overwhen two Sundays come togetherwhen two Sundays meetne'eron the second Tuesday of the week

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whenA1whencewheneverB1
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