If you buy something on the never-never, you take it home now and pay a little bit every week or month, for a long time. It is British informal talk for what shops call hire purchase or instalments.

If you buy something on the never-never如果你用 never-never 的方式買東西，you take it home now你現在就把它帶回家，and pay a little bit然後付一點點錢 every week or month每星期或每個月，for a long time長期下來。It is British informal talk這是英式口語，for what shops call說的就是店家講的 hire purchase or instalmentshire purchase 或 instalments（分期付款）。

Though actually, the joke in the name is a bit dark: ‘never-never’ suggests you might never finish paying, so you never quite own the thing.

Though actually不過其實，the name這名字 in裡的 joke玩笑 a bit有點 dark黑：'never-never' suggests『never-never』暗示 you might never finish paying你可能永遠付不完錢，so you never quite own the thing所以你永遠沒辦法真正擁有那個東西。

Older speakers in Britain are more likely to say it; younger people may say on finance or in instalments instead. It is not American English.

Older speakers in Britain英國的年長者 are more likely to say it比較可能這樣說；younger people年輕人 may say則可能改說 on finance or in instalments insteadon finance 或 in instalments。It is not這不是 American English美式英語。

It is also not the same as Never-Never Land in Peter Pan, a made-up place, and not the same as the Australian Never-Never, which can mean the far empty outback. Those are different uses of a similar shape.

It is also not the same as它也跟 Never-Never Land in Peter Pan《彼得潘》裡的 Never-Never Land 不一樣，a made-up place一個虛構的地方，and not the same as也跟 the Australian Never-Never澳洲說的 Never-Never 不一樣，which can mean the far empty outback可能指遙遠空曠的內陸。of a similar shape拼法相似，Those are different uses但用法不同。