when pigs fly

English

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Etymology

This phrase is used presumably due to the unlikelihood that pigs will ever evolve wings.

Adverb

when pigs fly

1. (idiomatic) never

Translations

“Never” (expressed by an idiom describing an event that cannot possibly ever occur)

Arabic: Egyptian Arabic: في المشمش (fii il-mishmish) Gulf Arabic: إذا حجت البقرة على قرونها (idha Hajjat al-baqarah 3ala quruniha) Palestinian Arabic: لما ينور الملح (lamma yanwar al-milH) Armenian: երբ խոզը բարձրանա ծառը (hy) (erb xozë barjrana çaṙë) Bulgarian: на куково лято (bg) Catalan: quan les vaques volin (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 除非太陽從西邊出來 (cmn), 除非太阳从西边出来 (cmn) (chúfēi tàiyáng cóng xībiān chūlái) Czech: až kohout vejce snese (rare) Dutch: wanneer Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallen (nl) met sint-juttemis (nl) Esperanto: kiam la ratoj seksumos kun la musoj (eo) Finnish: kun lehmät lentävät (fi) French: quand les poules auront des dents (fr) aux calendes grecques (fr) à la Saint Glinglin (fr) la semaine des quatre jeudis (fr) à Pâques ou à la Trinité (fr) Georgian: როცა ვირი ხეზე ავა (ka) German: am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag (de) wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fallen (de) Hebrew: כשחזירים יעופו (he) (k'shekhazirím ya'úfu) Hindi: (Sooraj pashchim se ugega) Hungarian: majd ha fagy (hu), holnapután kiskedden (hu), ha piros hó esik (hu), ha cigánygyerekek potyognak az égből (hu)

Italian: quando gli asini voleranno (it) alle calende greche (it) Japanese: 枯れ木に花咲く (ja) (kareki ni hana saku) Latin: ad kalendas Graecas (la) Malayalam: (Kakka malannu parakkum) Persian: وقت گل نی (fa) (vaght e gol e ney) Polish: na świętego nigdy (pl) Portuguese: quando a vaca tussa (pt), quando os porcos voarem (pt) no Dia de São Nunca (pt) no Dia de São Nunca à tarde (pt) Romanian: când o zbura porcul (ro) când va face plopul pere (ro) la paştele cailor (ro) când mi-oi vedea ceafa (ro) la Sfîntu-aşteaptă (ro) Russian: когда рак на горе свистнет (ru) (kogdá rak na gor'é svístn'et) после дождичка в четверг (ru) (pósl'e dóždička v četvérg) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кад на врби роди грожђе (sh) Roman: kad na vrbi rodi grožđe (sh) Spanish: el día que las vacas vuelen (es), cuando las ranas críen pelo (es), cuando San Juan agache el dedo (es) Swedish: när grisar flyger (sv) Tagalog: sa pagputi ng uwak (tl) sa pag-itim ng tagak (tl) Urdu: Jab zameen aur aasman ek honge (ur) West Frisian: as de keallen op it iis dûnsje (fy)

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Turkish: balık kavağa çıkınca (tr), çıkmaz ayın son çarşambası (tr)

See also

Wikipedia

• the First of Never
• when Hell freezes over