# pigs might fly

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/pigs-might-fly
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

A response (often with a hint of sarcasm) to a situation which one thinks that there is no chance of ever occurring.

## Examples

- I will clean my room when pigs might fly.
- He thinks he will win the lottery, but I told him that pigs might fly.
- When the politician promised to lower taxes while increasing spending, the cynical crowd muttered that pigs might fly.

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