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Originally Posted by Snake~eyes
This just in... commentators use the phrase "time and distance"
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Bosnian
When grapes rippen on the willow
Catalan
When cows fly
Chinese
Unless the sun would rise from the West
Croatian
When grapes rippen the on willow
On St. Nobody's day
Dutch
When Easter and Whitsun fall on the same day
English
When pigs fly / and pigs might fly.
When hell freezes over.
On a cold day in hell
Not in a month of Sundays.
Esperanto
On the week with three thursdays
Finnish
When hell freezes over
When cows fly
French
When chicken have teeth
the week with 4 Thursdays
On Saint Glinglin's day (doesn't exist)
German
When Easter and Whistun fall on the same day
On Saint Never's day / on Saint Never
When Hell freezes over
When it snows in summer
Hindi
When the sun will rise in the west
Hungarian
When it's snowing red snowflakes
When gipsy children are streaming from the sky
When Hell freezes over
Italian
When donkeys will fly
When Easter falls in May
The year of never and the month of then
In the week with two thursdays
Latin
on the Greek Kalends - unlike the Roman calendar, Kalends did not feature in the Greek calendar, so this phrase is roughly equivalent to "at British Thanksgiving" (Thanksgiving is not celebrated in the UK).
Latvian
When the owl's tail blossoms
Luxembourgish
When Whistun and New Year's Day fall on the same day
Macedonian
When grapes will grow on willows
Malayalam
The crow will fly upside down
Norwegian
When pigs fly
When it's snowing in hell
Polish
on Saint Never's Day
When the cactus will grow on my hand
Portuguese
When the cow coughs
On Saint Never's day
Russian
When the crayfish on the hill whistles
Serbian
When grapes grow on willows
Slovenian
On Saint Never's Day
Spanish
When frogs grow hair
Swedish
When pigs fly
When hell freezes over
Tagalog
When the crow turns white
When the heron turns black
Thai
when the 7-11 is closed
next lifetime
Turkish
When fish climb trees/poplar trees
Ukrainian
when the crayfish on the hill whistles
when louse will sneeze
Welsh
When pigs fly
When hell freezes over