when pigs flyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• when pigs can fly

語源

Referencing the fact that pigs do not have wings and cannot fly.

発音

• 韻: -aɪ

副詞

when pigs fly

1. (idiomatic) Never.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:never

   • 1920, James Stephens, Irish Fairy Tales, Mongan's Frenzy:

     "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."

参考

• pigs might fly
• camel through the eye of a needle
• a cold day in Hell
• ad kalendas Graecas
• first of never
• never in a month of Sundays
• snowball's chance in hell
• when Hell freezes over