when pigs fly
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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When pigs fly
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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