Re: USAGE: Cool idioms (was Re: Bibliography)

On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, taliesin the storyteller wrote:

> n=E5r/til Dovre faller
> - when Dovre falls
> --> aka. when Hell freezes over
>=20
> Dovre is a mountaineous region in Norway, and this term is
> used in our constitution.. (or was it the speech made after
> the cons. was agreed on? I need to fresh up on history it
> seems *blush*)
I believe it was the oath made afterwards by the constitutional
convention:

Enige og tro til Dovre faller
- United and faithful until Dovre falls

A more general expression would be

til dommedag
- until Judgement Day

Greetings,
=D8rjan.