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When pigs fly......................................................?
People say "when pigs fly"... (meaning something is impossible) BUT is that really an impossibility??
If you didn't take it literally pigs DO fly... if you put one in a crate and put the crate on an aeroplane the pig wound in actual fact be flying!
Do you take things literally or metaphorically?
6 Answers
- ?Lv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
When I want to challenge a person to senseless debate, I will take it literally.
When I want to understand things better, I will take it metaphorically.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The English version is "pigs might fly". It comes from an old English saying "pigs fly in the air with their tails forward" - indicating that you shouldn't believe everything you are told. Is that a police helicopter overhead?
- Anna NonamousLv 51 decade ago
Thanks for the smile, I like your literal translation.....crate and plane, lol.
(this has nothing to do with anything but you should "youtube" Pigs on the Wing by Pink Floyd)
- Garfield 101Lv 71 decade ago
It's a way of telling someone "NO" as in
"That will never happen, until hell freezes over." <}:-})
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