"never in a month of Sundays" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-never in a month of Sundays.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: See month of Sundays. Etymology templates: {{m|en|month of Sundays}} month of Sundays Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} never in a month of Sundays (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) At no time whatsoever. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Translations (at no time): ei kuuna päivänä (Finnish), la semaine des quatre jeudis (French), am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag (German), בחיים לא (Hebrew), mai e poi mai (Italian), ad kalendas Graecas (Latin), op Mokuchsdag (Luxembourgish), aldri i evighet (Norwegian Bokmål), ikke på vilkår (Norwegian Bokmål), na Sveto Nigdarjevo (Serbo-Croatian), kad na vrbi rodi grožđe [idiomatic] (Serbo-Croatian), nikad, a možda ni tad [idiomatic] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-never_in_a_month_of_Sundays-en-adv-LzgE-fIc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "word": "ei kuuna päivänä"
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      "sense": "at no time",
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      "sense": "at no time",
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      "sense": "at no time",
      "word": "am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag"
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      "sense": "at no time",
      "word": "בחיים לא"
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      "sense": "at no time",
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      "word": "ikke på vilkår"
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      "word": "na Sveto Nigdarjevo"
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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