never in a million years
Absolutely not.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I would never in a million years eat that.”
“She told her friend that she would never in a million years agree to go skydiving.”
“He insisted that, never in a million years, would he compromise his principles for a temporary professional advantage.”
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a wild goose never laid a tame egg
Most things are inherited and predetermined.
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a year and a day
A long time.
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banner year
An especially fruitful year; a year of exceptional production.
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be a hundred years too early
To be so immature and unprepared as to have no hope of achieving an accomplishment.
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donkey's years
A long time, years and years.
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first of never
A nonexistent day; a day that will never come.
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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.
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golden years
Old age; especially, the leisure years in later life after one has retired from employment.
Last updated August 10, 2026