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Idiom idiom

never in a million years


Absolutely not.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

I would never in a million years eat that.

CONTEXTUAL

She told her friend that she would never in a million years agree to go skydiving.

COMPLEX

He insisted that, never in a million years, would he compromise his principles for a temporary professional advantage.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    a wild goose never laid a tame egg

    Most things are inherited and predetermined.

  2. 02

    a year and a day

    A long time.

  3. 03

    banner year

    An especially fruitful year; a year of exceptional production.

  4. 04

    be a hundred years too early

    To be so immature and unprepared as to have no hope of achieving an accomplishment.

  5. 05

    donkey's years

    A long time, years and years.

  6. 06

    first of never

    A nonexistent day; a day that will never come.

  7. 07

    four score and seven years ago

    Used (sometimes sarcastically) to indicate that a past event being mentioned is particularly important: a long time ago; many years ago.

  8. 08

    golden years

    Old age; especially, the leisure years in later life after one has retired from employment.

Last updated August 10, 2026