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Noun Concept
Categories: Figures of speech, Pigs in popular culture, Pig idioms, English-language idioms
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when pigs fly  And pigs might fly  flying pig  pigs fly  pigs might fly
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The phrase "when pigs fly" is an adynaton—a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. Wikipedia
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The phrase "when pigs fly" is an adynaton—a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. Wikipedia
A figure of speech to express impossibility Wikipedia Disambiguation
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adynaton
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when pigs fly
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when pigs fly
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And pigs might fly, flying pig, pigs fly, Pigs might fly, Sus volans
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flying pig, pigs might fly

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