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when pigs fly
when pigs fly
when pigs fly
Never, as in
Sure he'll pay for the drinks-when pigs fly
. Equating the flight of pigs with something impossible dates from the early 1600s, when several writers alleged that pigs fly with their tails forward. The idiom is also put as
pigs may fly
.
See also:
fly
,
pig
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Kiri
-
Maori
Henry
HEN-ree
English
Angelica
an-JEL-i-kə
(English)
, ahn-JE-lee-kah
(Italian)
English, Italian, Romanian, Literature
Rigantona
-
Celtic Mythology
Joeri
YOO-ree
Dutch
Paulene
paw-LEEN
English (Rare)
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