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(idiomatic) A time that never occurs; never; when pigs fly.

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Source Word

Greek calends

idiomatic plural plural-only

(idiomatic) A time that never occurs; never; when pigs fly.

Japanese Meaning

全く到来しない時、決して実現しない出来事（例：豚が空を飛ぶほどありえない状況）を指す表現

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She promised to visit at the Greek calends, and of course she never showed up.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は来ることのない日に訪ねると約束したが、もちろん現れなかった。

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(idiomatic) A time that never occurs; never; when pigs fly.

Blockheads, friends of my heart and liver, cousins of my tripe, are you ignorant that this symposium is as authentic as any of those tales of the Greek Calends, which you swallow and digest so easily, …?

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