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not in a month of Sundays

Not at any point; under absolutely no circumstances. Not in a month of Sundays did I think that I would actually win the lottery! John: "Do you think Samantha will agree to go on a date with Jake?" Tony: "Not in a month of Sundays!"

See also: month, not, of, Sundays

never in a month of Sundays

Not at any point; under absolutely no circumstances. Never in a month of Sundays did I think that I would actually win the lottery! John: "Do you think Samantha will agree to go on a date with Jake?" Tony: "Never in a month of Sundays!"

See also: month, never, of, Sundays

a month of Sundays

An impossible event used as an analogy for something the speaker thinks will never happen. You want to borrow my car? Oh, sure—in a month of Sundays! He is never going to graduate, not in a month of Sundays.

See also: month, of, Sundays

when two Sundays come together

Never. Usually said sarcastically. A: "When are you going to help me clean out the garage?" B: "How about when two Sundays come together?"

See also: come, Sundays, together, two

when two Sundays meet

Never. Usually said sarcastically. A: "When are you going to help me clean out the garage?" B: "How about when two Sundays meet?"

See also: meet, Sundays, two

(I) haven't seen you in a month of Sundays.

Rur. I haven't seen you in a long time. Tom: Hi, Bill Haven't seen you in a month of Sundays! Bill: Hi, Tom. Long time no see. Bob: Well, Fred! Come right in! Haven't seen you in a month of Sundays! Fred: Good to see you, Uncle Bob.

See also: month, of, seen, Sundays

in a coon's age

 and in a month of Sundays

Rur. in a very long time. (The coon is a raccoon.) How are you? I haven't seen you in a coon's age. I haven't had a piece of apple pie this good in a coon's age.

See also: age

not in a month of Sundays

if you say that something will not happen in a month of Sundays, you mean that it is not likely to happen He'll never run the marathon, not in a month of Sundays.

See also: month, of, Sundays

month of Sundays, a

A long time, as in I haven't seen Barbara in a month of Sundays. This expression, which would literally mean thirty weeks, has been used hyperbolically since it was first recorded in 1832. One writer suggests it originally connoted a long dreary time, since games and other kinds of amusement used to be forbidden on Sunday.

See also: month, of

month of Sundays

Informal

An indefinitely long period of time: It will take you a month of Sundays to chop all that wood.

See also: month, of, Sundays