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When Pigs Fly (Origin)
What Is the Origin of the Saying "When Pigs Fly"?
The term "when pigs fly" means something that will never ever happen.Table of Contents
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Examples of Use:
- Why did you lend her £100? You'll get that back when pigs fly!
- I'll join the chess club when pigs fly.
- He said he'll clean his house. If he actually does it, pigs may fly.
- To make a mountain out of a molehill
- To pass a camel through the eye of a needle
- When hell freezes over
- Hen's teeth
- Wenn Ostern und Weihnachten zusammenfallen (German for "When Easter and Christmas coincide")
- "kun lehmat lentavat" – when cows fly (Finnish)
- "Cuando las vacas vuelen" – when cows fly (Spanish)
- "Quando gli asini voleranno" – when donkeys fly (Italian)
- "Pigs fly in the ayre with their tayles forward.
- I think Jane will say yes if I ask her to the dance.
- Yeah, when pigs fly. ("When pigs fly" is the preferred version in the US. In the UK, "pigs might/may fly" is more common.)
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