Meanings
nouncold day in Hell (plural cold days in Hell)
plural cold days in Hell · alternative cold day in hell
- idiomaticslangThe time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.
It'll be a cold day in hell when that happens.
Translations
Basque haizerik ez den urtean
- haizerik ez den urteanan event that will never happen
Chinese Mandarin 绝不可能, 绝无可能
- 绝不可能an event that will never happen
- 绝无可能an event that will never happen
Danish en kold dag i helvede
- en kold dag i helvedean event that will never happen
Dutch met Sint Juttemis, als Pasen en Pinksteren op een dag vallen
- met Sint Juttemisan event that will never happen
- als Pasen en Pinksteren op een dag vallenan event that will never happen
Esperanto triĵaŭda semajno
- triĵaŭda semajnoan event that will never happen
Finnish kun helvetti jäätyy
- kun helvetti jäätyyan event that will never happen
French quand les poules auront des dents, semaine des quatre jeudis
- quand les poules auront des dentsan event that will never happen
- semaine des quatre jeudisan event that will never happen
- à la Saint-Glinglinan event that will never happen
- aux calendes grecquesan event that will never happen
German nie im Leben
- nie im Lebenan event that will never happen
Greek όταν ασπρίσει ο κόρακας και γίνει περιστέρι
- όταν ασπρίσει ο κόρακας και γίνει περιστέρι (ótan asprísei o kórakas kai gínei peristéri)an event that will never happen
Hungarian majd ha piros hó esik, majd ha cigánygyerekek potyognak az égből
- majd ha piros hó esikan event that will never happen
- majd ha cigánygyerekek potyognak az égbőlan event that will never happen
- majd ha a pokol befagyan event that will never happen
Italian alle calende greche, quando gli asini voleranno
- alle calende grechean event that will never happen
- quando gli asini volerannoan event that will never happen
Persian وقت گل نی
- وقت گل نیan event that will never happen
Polish jak rak świśnie a ryba piśnie
- jak rak świśnie a ryba piśniean event that will never happen
Spanish cuando las ranas críen pelo, cuando meen las gallinas
- cuando las ranas críen peloan event that will never happen
- cuando meen las gallinasan event that will never happen
Turkish kırmızı kar yağınca, çıkmaz ayın son çarşambası
- kırmızı kar yağıncaan event that will never happen
- çıkmaz ayın son çarşambasıan event that will never happen
Welsh dydd Sul y pys
- dydd Sul y pysan event that will never happen
Cite this entry
APA
cold day in Hell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20day%20in%20Hell
MLA
“cold day in Hell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20day%20in%20Hell. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cold day in Hell,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20day%20in%20Hell.
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