not in a million years

not in a million years
not/never/in a million years spoken phrase
never used for emphasizing that something will never happen

Never in a million years did I believe we could win the lottery.

Thesaurus: not likely to happensynonym general words meaning to happensynonym
Main entry: million

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  • never in a million years — not/never/in a million years spoken phrase never used for emphasizing that something will never happen Never in a million years did I believe we could win the lottery. Thesaurus: not likely to happensynonym general words meaning to happen …   Useful english dictionary

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  • million — mil|lion [ˈmıljən] number, n plural million or millions [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Old Italian milione, from mille thousand , from Latin; MILLI ] 1.) the number 1,000,000 ▪ Each of the books sold more than a million copies …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • not on your nelly — adverb not on your life, an emphatic form of no. Syn: not in a million years, not likely, not on your life, no way, no way Jose, when pigs fly, a cold day in Hell …   Wiktionary

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