When pigs fly In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "when pigs fly", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Min Minh

2023-06-12 02:06

Meaning of When pigs fly

Synonyms:

When Hell Freezes Over , not in a million years , never in a millions years

When pigs fly humorous spoken language informal

Pig might fly, flying pig or when pigs can fly are alternatives of When pigs fly. "Do you think we will pass the English final exam without any revision?". "Yes, and pigs might fly/ flying pig."

A way of saying that things never or unlikely happen or when you disbelieve in what another said

You said you could jump higher than a towel? Common, flying pig.

Iran said that he won a billion lottery ticket? I will believe it when pigs fly. Nobody doesn't know he is such a joker

Imply a fictitious story, highly unlikely to happen.

I will vote for Donald Trump for this Presidential term of office when pigs fly.

Other phrases about:

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

Don't make plans that depend on something hoped before it has actually happened.
Don't make sure that the result will be good until it actually happens.

these things happen

This is the usual result of a certain situation. This happens a lot. It's a common scenario or situation. Used to tell somebody not to worry about something they have done

look before you leap!

One should act after considering the possible consequences or dangers.

and the moon is made of (green) cheese

Used to implicate utter incredulity in something said or believed by someone else.

(that's a) likely story

To express that you don't believe in something that someone has just said

Origin of When pigs fly

This form of the expression was first used two hundred years ago as a sarcastic rejoinder to any overly optimistic prediction made by the gullible. It is pigs that have stood the test of time as the favoured image of an animal that is particularly unsuited to flight.