После дождичка в четверг
Meaning: Never — or certainly no time soon.
Language: Russian
Literally: After the little rain on Thursday
Category: Nature
Origin: Pagan Slavs prayed for rain to the thunder god Perun on his sacred day, Thursday; the rain came so rarely the promise became a joke.
More idioms — Nature
- Τα έκανε θάλασσα — He made a complete mess of it.
- Je to za vodou — To be out of trouble; home free.
- Spadnout z višně — To be naive and clueless about how things really work.
- Lóg az eső lába — It looks like it's about to rain.
- Як сніг на голову — Completely out of the blue; totally unexpected.
- น้ำขึ้นให้รีบตัก — Seize an opportunity while it lasts.
More Russian idioms
- Кот наплакал — A laughably tiny amount.
- Зарубить на носу — To remember something firmly, once and for all.
- Водить за нос — To deceive or string someone along.
- Бить баклуши — To loaf about doing nothing.
- Остаться с носом — To be left empty-handed or outwitted.
- Как сельдь в бочке — Packed together very tightly.
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