English Explanatory Dictionary

when pigs fly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Never.

Pronunciation

En-au-when pigs fly.ogg

Word forms

when pigs fly when pigs can fly

Etymology

Referencing the fact that pigs do not have wings and cannot fly.

Synonyms

at latter Lammas at no time in the reign of Queen Dick ne'er never never ever not while pussy's a cat on the second Tuesday of the week sine die when Hell freezes over when pigs fly when two Sundays come together when two Sundays meet

Related words

pigs might fly camel through the eye of a needle a cold day in Hell ad kalendas Graecas first of never never in a month of Sundays snowball's chance in hell when Hell freezes over
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