После дождичка в четверг (Posle dozhdichka v chetverg)

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 (Yak snih na holovu) — Completely out of the blue; totally unexpected.
• น้ำขึ้นให้รีบตัก — Seize an opportunity while it lasts.

More Russian idioms

• Кот наплакал (Kot naplakal) — A laughably tiny amount.
• Зарубить на носу (Zarubit' na nosu) — To remember something firmly, once and for all.
• Водить за нос (Vodit' za nos) — To deceive or string someone along.
• Бить баклуши (Bit' baklushi) — To loaf about doing nothing.
• Остаться с носом (Ostat'sya s nosom) — To be left empty-handed or outwitted.
• Как сельдь в бочке (Kak sel'd' v bochke) — Packed together very tightly.

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