English
Etymology
From July being on average the hottest month in the Northern Hemisphere.
Pronunciation
Noun
a cold day in July (plural not attested)
- (idiomatic, colloquial) The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.
It'll be a cold day in July when that happens.
Synonyms
Translations
an event that will never happen
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 绝不可能, 绝无可能
- French: à la Saint-Glinglin (fr), quand les poules auront des dents (fr), semaine des quatre jeudis (fr) f
- German: wenn Ostern und Weihnachten auf einen Tag fallen (de), wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fallen (de), am Sankt Nimmerleinstag
- Italian: alle calende greche, quando gli asini voleranno, mai (it)
- Portuguese: dia de São Nunca m
- Russian: когда рак на горе свистнет (kogda rak na gore svistnet), после дождичка в четверг (posle doždička v četverg)
- Turkish: çıkmaz ayın son çarşambası (tr), iki cihan bir araya gelince, balık kavağa çıkınca (tr)
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