когда́ рак на горе́ сви́стнет
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when pigs fly, when hell freezes over, never in a million years
Я сде́лаю э́то, когда́ рак на горе́ сви́стнет.
I'll do it when pigs fly.
Ironic; refers to something that will never happen or is highly unlikely. Literally 'when a crayfish whistles on the mountain'.
Examples
Когда рак на горе сви́стнет!
When pigs fly!
Ага, он испра́вится. Когда рак на горе сви́стнет.
Yeah, right, he'll get his act together. When pigs fly.
Expression parts
- когда́when; when
- наon; onto; at; to; for; for; by; for; during; by
- сви́стнутьto whistle; to swipe; to whack
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