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when pigs fly

(idiomatic) never

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

Arabic:

Egyptian Arabic: في المشمش (fii il-mishmish) “in the apricot season”
Armenian: երբ խոզը բարձրանա ծառը hy(hy) (erb xozë barjrana çaṙë) “when the pig climbs up the tree”
Bosnian: kad na vrbi rodi grožđe bs(bs) “when grapes grow on willows”
Bulgarian: на куково лято bg(bg) “in a cuckoo’s summer”
Catalan: quan les vaques volin ca(ca) “when cows fly”
Chinese: 除非太陽從西邊出來 cmn(cmn) / 除非太阳从西边出来 cmn(cmn) (chúfēi tàiyáng cóng xī biān chūlái) (literally, “unless the sun rises in the west”)
Czech: až kohout vejce snese (rare) “When roosters lay eggs”
Dutch: wanneer Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallen nl(nl) “when Easter and Pentecost fall on the same day”,

met sint-juttemis nl(nl) “on Saint Judith[’s day]”
Esperanto: kiam la ratoj seksumos kun la musojn eo(eo) “when rats embrace mice”
Finnish: kun lehmät lentävät fi(fi) “when cows fly”
French: quand les poules auront des dents fr(fr) “when chickens have teeth”,

aux calendes grecques fr(fr) “on the Greek day of ‘calends’”,

à la Saint Glinglin fr(fr) “on Saint Glinglin’s day”

la semaine des quatre jeudis fr(fr) “the week with four Thursdays”,

à Pâques ou à la Trinité fr(fr) “on Easter or on Trinity [Sunday]”
German: am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag de(de) “on Saint Never’s day”,

wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fallen de(de) “when Easter and Pentecost fall on the same day”
Hebrew: כשחזירים יעופו (kshekhazirim ya'oofoo) “when pigs fly”
Hindi: (Sooraj pashchim se ugega) “when the sun will rise in the west”
Hungarian: majd ha fagy hu(hu) “when it will be freezing”, holnapután kiskedden hu(hu), ha piros hó esik hu(hu), ha cigánygyerekek potyognak az égből hu(hu)

Italian: quando gli asini voleranno it(it) “when donkeys fly”,

alle calende greche it(it) “on the Greek day of ‘calends’”
Latin: ad kalendas Graecas la(la) “on the Greek day of ‘calends’”
Malayalam: (Kakka malannu parakkum) “the crow will fly upside down”
Persian: وقت گل نی fa(fa) (vaght e gol e ney) “when the reed plant blossoms”
Polish: na świętego nigdy pl(pl) “On Saint Never[’s Day]”
Portuguese: quando a vaca tussa pt(pt) “when the cow coughs”;

no Dia de São Nunca pt(pt) “on Saint Never’s Day”

no Dia de São Nunca à tarde pt(pt) “in the afternoon on Saint Never’s Day”
Romanian: când o zbura porcul ro(ro) “when pigs fly”,

când va face plopul pere ro(ro),

la paştele cailor ro(ro) “at the horse's Easter”,

când mi-oi vedea ceafa ro(ro) “when I'll see my nape”,

la Sfîntu-aşteaptă ro(ro) “on Saint-Wait's day”
Russian: когда рак на горе свистнет ru(ru) (kogdá rak na gor'é svístn'et) “when the crayfish whistles on the mountain”,

после дождичка в четверг ru(ru) (pósl'e dóždička v četvérg) “after the rain on Thursday”
Serbian:

Cyrillic: кад на врби роди грожђе sr(sr) “when grapes grow on willows”

Roman: kad na vrbi rodi grožđe sr(sr) “when grapes grow on willows”
Spanish: el día que las vacas vuelen es(es) “the day that cows fly”

cuando las ranas críen pelo es(es) “when frogs have hair”,

cuando San Juan agache el dedo es(es) “when Saint John bends his finger”
Swedish: när grisar flyger sv(sv) “when pigs fly”
Tagalog: sa pagputi ng uwak tl(tl) “when the crow turns white”,

sa pag-itim ng tagak tl(tl) “when the heron turns black”
Urdu: Jab zameen aur aasman ek honge ur(ur) “When the sky and the Earth meet”

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Turkish

balık kavağa çıkınca tr:balık kavağa çıkınca “When fish climb poplars”

çıkmaz ayın son çarşambası (tr) “On the last Wednesday in Never-month”

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List of idioms of improbability

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