no way, not in a million years
Mãe, dá-me um dinheiro? — Nem que a vaca tussa!
Mom, can I have some money? — Not in a million years!
Nem que a vaca tussa ("not even if the cow coughs") emphatically means "no way". Its origin is obscure, and its rural image is humorous exaggeration. Cows really can cough: this is a figure of speech, not a biological impossibility.
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