"met sint-juttemis" meaning in Dutch

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Prepositional phrase

Etymology: Originally “met sint-juttemis als de kalveren op het ijs dansen”, meaning “on Saint Judith’s (17 August) when the calves dance on the ice”, clearly an impossible feat, it being summer. Head templates: {{head|nl|prepositional phrase}} met sint-juttemis
  1. (idiomatic) When pigs fly. Never. Wikipedia link: nl:Sint-Juttemis Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-met_sint-juttemis-nl-prep_phrase-qvl8RZPH Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch entries with language name categories using raw markup

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