aux calendes grecques

French

Etymology

From Latin ad kalendas Graecas.

Pronunciation

Phrase

aux calendes grecques

  1. (idiomatic, figuratively, sarcastic, ironical) Never; when pigs fly.

Usage notes

Often used in the form renvoyer aux calendes grecques, meaning “to postpone indefinitely”.

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