never/not in a thousand/million/billion years

never/not in a thousand/million/billion years
never/not in a thousand/million/billion years
informal
— used as a strong way of saying that something is extremely unlikely or impossible

Never in a million years did I think she would quit her job. [=I never thought that she would quit her job]

He will never change his mind. Not in a million years.

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