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In English, when we think something will never happen, a common response might be "That'll be the day!". There's a better one on the tip of my tongue. I know it's there - I can feel it there - but I just can't remember it. Help, please"
I think it is "over my dead body."

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...or "when pigs fly".

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Frogs can be lifted up by tornados and come down in the rain, or so I've heard. Fish did fall here.
It's true.
I saw it from Discovery.


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  • I saw it on Discovery.

(Sorry for being so picky.)

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Frogs can be lifted up by tornados and come down in the rain, or so I've heard. Fish did fall here.
It's true.
I saw it from Discovery.


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Thanks for being picky,
I think I'm lucky.
Cuz someone called Ronbee,
Always can help me.

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Hey, you made another rhyme!
Thank goodness that's not a crime.

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In English, when we think something will never happen, a common response might be "That'll be the day!". There's a better one on the tip of my tongue. I know it's there - I can feel it there - but I just can't remember it. Help, please"
I think it is "over my dead body."



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Not on this life.

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In English, when we think something will never happen, a common response might be "That'll be the day!". There's a better one on the tip of my tongue. I know it's there - I can feel it there - but I just can't remember it. Help, please"
I think it is "over my dead body."



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Not on this life.

I've never heard "not in this life" (this preposition sounds better), but it sounds logical.

You say "not on your life" if you mean - "absolutely not/ no way!". You say it when you definitely will not do something.

"Over my dead body" means you will do your best not to let something happen. It means "not if I can help it".

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In English, when we think something will never happen, a common response might be "That'll be the day!". There's a better one on the tip of my tongue. I know it's there - I can feel it there - but I just can't remember it. Help, please"

Once in a blue moon.
Don't hold your breath.
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In English, when we think something will never happen, a common response might be "That'll be the day!". There's a better one on the tip of my tongue. I know it's there - I can feel it there - but I just can't remember it. Help, please"

Once in a blue moon.
Don't hold your breath.
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"Don't hold your breath" is a good one. :D
Once in a blue moon means hardly ever. e.g. I go out once in a blue moon.
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However, the centre of Dante's hell was frozen over.
That was a so called cold day in hell.
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