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"etymology_text": "Originally referring to a significant day in the future regarded as worth waiting for.",
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"text": "I’m going to get into work on time today. — That’ll be the day!",
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"Said in reply to something that one believes will never happen."
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"(originally Australia, New Zealand, idiomatic, informal) Said in reply to something that one believes will never happen."
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"word": "a cold day in hell"
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{
"word": "a week from next Tuesday"
},
{
"word": "until the cows come home"
},
{
"word": "when hell freezes over"
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{
"word": "when pigs fly"
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "that'll be the frosty Friday"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen",
"word": "sen päivän kun näkisi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen",
"word": "quand les poules auront des dents"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen",
"word": "c’est pas demain la veille"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zíse Mái mou",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen",
"word": "ζήσε Μάη μου"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "ζήσε Μάη μου να φας τριφύλλι (zíse Mái mou na fas trifýlli, literally “(of a donkey in winter) live till May and eat clover”)",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "когда́ рак на горе свистнет (kogdá rak na gore svistnet, literally “when the crayfish will whistle on the mountaintop”)",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen",
"word": "el día que la vaca vuele"
}
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"word": "that'll be the day"
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"word": "a cold day in hell"
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"word": "a week from next Tuesday"
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"word": "until the cows come home"
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"word": "when hell freezes over"
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"word": "when pigs fly"
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"(originally Australia, New Zealand, idiomatic, informal) Said in reply to something that one believes will never happen."
],
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"word": "that'll be the frosty Friday"
}
],
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"idiomatic",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen",
"word": "sen päivän kun näkisi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen",
"word": "quand les poules auront des dents"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen",
"word": "c’est pas demain la veille"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zíse Mái mou",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen",
"word": "ζήσε Μάη μου"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "ζήσε Μάη μου να φας τριφύλλι (zíse Mái mou na fas trifýlli, literally “(of a donkey in winter) live till May and eat clover”)",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "когда́ рак на горе свистнет (kogdá rak na gore svistnet, literally “when the crayfish will whistle on the mountaintop”)",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "said in reply to something that one believes will never happen",
"word": "el día que la vaca vuele"
}
],
"word": "that'll be the day"
}
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