when hell freezes over

The truth is, if you had asked me before Putin’s invasion when Ukraine would join NATO, I would have said, “Roughly when hell freezes over, or not for at least 10 years.”

Cynics have long said Illinois will give up partisan control of the all-important remapping process when hell freezes over.

Anyway, the temperature is currently below zero in Hell, so if you’ve been thinking for a while, “Yeah, right, I’ll marry that guy, when Hell freezes over” now just might be your time.

Gruden may not have meant “When hell freezes over,” but that’s what it sounded like.

“When hell freezes over!” the voter wrote back.