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Originally Posted by rkomar
It was a long time ago that I read Dante's Inferno, but I'm sure I remember that parts of Hell _were_ frozen over. I vaguely recall Satan himself living in a frozen region.
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That is correct, I just looked it up. The deeper levels are frozen.
This idiom seems to originate in early 20th century, and presumably reflects a popularized 'folk' version of hell, which involves eternal fire and such. So it becomes a metaphor for 'it will never happen'.