Talk:List of idioms of improbability
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german
editanalogous to the saint ... in other languages German has "Sankt Nimmerlein" (roughly: saint never) on whose day things are supposedly going to happen
==If the sky falls, we will catch larks==
Never heard that one. References, citations? 213.205.200.48 (talk) 12:28, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
Siberia when Stalin ruled -- "Hell froze over"
editIn view of the infamous nastiness of the USSR, especially under Stalin, and the extreme cold associated with Siberia -- maybe Hell literally froze over every winter! Pbrower2a (talk) 04:44, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
The Chicago Cubs winning the World Series
editDoes the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series in 2016 really deserve to be on this page? (Harmless, but confusing to those who aren't in on the joke) 2016-12-04 09:13 (UTC)
blue moons
editThe phrase "once in a blue moon" is, I believe, much older than the trivial calendric sense of the phrase, and the article ought not to imply that the new sense is the only sense. —Tamfang (talk) 19:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- Other entries on this page do not go into such details and it is misleading. I removed the sentence. People can follow the link blue moon to get more information. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 20:06, 19 May 2024 (UTC)