English Explanatory Dictionary

when shrimps whistle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. When pigs fly; never.

Word forms

when shrimps whistle

Etymology

Calque of Russian когда рак (на горе) свистнет (kogda rak (na gore) svistnet, “when the crawfish whistles (on the mountain)”)

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