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not in a million years


Alternative form of never in a million years.

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


SIMPLE

I will not in a million years agree to that.

CONTEXTUAL

He asked if I wanted to go skydiving, but I told him not in a million years.

COMPLEX

She realized that, not in a million years, would she ever be able to forgive him for his betrayal.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    a year and a day

    A long time.

  2. 02

    banner year

    An especially fruitful year; a year of exceptional production.

  3. 03

    be a hundred years too early

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

  4. 04

    donkey's years

    A long time, years and years.

  5. 05

    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.

  6. 06

    golden years

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

  7. 07

    never in a million years

    Absolutely not.

  8. 08

    not in a million

    Alternative form of never in a million years.

Last updated August 10, 2026