when shrimps whistle

副词 adv.

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. When pigs fly; never.
    — You will catch her smiling at you, as Khruschchev used to say, when shrimps whistle. I call for a bowl of kasha and she brings it to the table. The cabbage soup is thickened with flour, a lump of meat swimming on the surface of the broth. Never mind the kasha, and I push it away. The babushka takes[…]

词源

Calque of Russian когда рак (на горе) свистнет (kogda rak (na gore) svistnet, “when the crawfish whistles (on the mountain)”)
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