| 单词 | pigs might fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspigs might fly b. pigs might fly, pigs have wings and variants: used to indicate incredulity or impossibility, or to mock credulity in others. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > desire the impossible [phrase] > absence of possibility you won't catch me1698 not a cat (in hell)'s chance1796 pigs might fly1840 there is (also was, etc.) no way (that)1908 not a hope (also chance) in hell1923 it's (just) not on1935 pigs have wings1936 that'll (also that will) be the day1941 not on your Nelly1959 1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 186 That is as likely as to see an Hog fly.] 1840 New Monthly Belle Assemblée June 305/1 Pigs might fly, but I'll defy any-one to edit a hat-box? 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ix. 135 ‘I've a right to think,’ said Alice sharply... ‘Just about as much right,’ said the Duchess, ‘as pigs have to fly.’ a1871 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes (1872) 275 There is a proverb which says, A pig may fly, but it isn't a likely bird. 1889 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 3 Mar. 4 Pigs will fly when there are enough offices to fill the popular demand. 1936 Times 27 June 15/6 Surely when frogs eat strawberries, pigs have wings! 2004 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 26 June 32 I am quite sure that, when the chief executive of the hospital trust reads this, a cheque will be in the post. Then again, pigs might fly. < as lemmas |
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