il giorno del mai

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, the day of never

Noun

il giorno del mai m (uncountable) (idiomatic)

  1. the first of never, February 31 (a nonexistent day, that will never come)
    Synonym: il giorno di San Mai
    • 2011 [1795], chapter 6, Prima sezione, che contiene gli articoli preliminari per la pace perpetua fra gli stati [First section, which contains the preliminary articles for perpetual peace among states], in Maria Chiara Pievatolo, transl., Per la pace perpetua [For perpetual peace]‎, translation of Zum ewigen Frieden by Immanuel Kant (in German); contained in Immanuel Kant: Sette scritti politici liberi, Florence: Firenze University Press, 2011:
      Altre invece [] sono soggettivamente estensive [] e contengono permessi di differirne il compimento, senza però perderne di vista il fine, che non consente di disporre al giorno del mai [] questo differimento
      Other ones , on the other hand , are subjectively extensive, and contain the permission to postpone their implementation, without losing sight of their purpose, which does not allow to delay until the first of never

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