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Originally Posted by tomsem
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'.
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I would call it the "protestant" version. As a group not a specific religion.
Been awhile since I have read Dante. I forgot about the frozen levels. I think the hypocrite was on the first frozen level.