Until Hell Freezes Over

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Origin of Phrases - U

Until Hell Freezes Over

While it's expected that this would be an old expression, there is no recorded use of it in print until the 20th century. In 1919, Admiral J.A. Fisher, former first sea lord of the British Admiralty, signed off a letter saying, "Yours till hell freezes."