out\ of\ the\ question

out\ of\ the\ question
adj. phr.
Not worth considering; unthinkable; impossible.

It sometimes snows as late as June in the mountains, but the summer campers thought that snow was out of the question.

The boys had no money, so it was out of the question for them to go to the movies.

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not a possibility (also there is no (not any) question of)

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