Paying off the loan is a distant prospect for him.
Tips
usage
Negative, often resigned in tone. The date is not just far off - it may never come. Common of repayments, reunifications, completions, promotions that keep getting pushed. Contrast 指日可待 (just around the corner) as the positive opposite.
memory
遥遥 = distant and distant (reduplicated for emphasis). 无期 = no set date. 'So far, so far - no date.'
