until hell freezes over
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English
38
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
forever; without success, no matter how long one perseveres.
Example Sentences
- "He can continue to be hard on himself until hell freezes over, because he's so self-centeredly pessimistic that there's nothing I can ever do to lighten him up."
- "They can be bellyaching to me about their life's problems until hell freezes over, but it doesn't mean that they'll ever get my sympathy."
- "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over."