at latter Lammas
Meaning: Never; at a time that will never come.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: The Absurd
Origin: Latter Lammas (a day celebrated in August) was already a rare or peculiar observance; the phrase plays on this remoteness to mean an impossibly distant or nonexistent time.
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