# not in a million

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/not-in-a-million
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Alternative form of never in a million years.

## Examples

- I would not do that, not in a million years.
- He asked if I would ever move back to that cold city, but I said not in a million years.
- When the journalist suggested that the politician might resign, the spokesperson laughed and insisted that such an event would not happen, not in a million years.

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