when pigs can fly
when pigs can fly is the alternative form of when pigs fly.
Meaning of when pigs fly
Adverb
when pigs fly
- Never.
- "You know, my friend," said Mongan, "that I can't get Duv Laca back unless the King of Leinster asks me to take her back, for a bargain is a bargain."
"That will happen when pigs fly," said mac an Dáv, "and," said he, "I did not make any bargain with any king that is in the world."1920, James Stephens, Irish Fairy Tales, Mongan's Frenzy
- 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
- "You know, my friend," said Mongan, "that I can't get Duv Laca back unless the King of Leinster asks me to take her back, for a bargain is a bargain."
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