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"When pigs fly" is an adynaton, a way of saying that something will never happen. The phrase is often used for humorous effect, to scoff at over-ambition. There are numerous variations on the theme; when an individual with a reputation for failure finally succeeds, onlookers may sarcastically claim to see a flying pig .
When Crocs Fly: July 12, 2016 ISBN 9781449476274: Strips selected to be appropriate for younger readers as part of Andrews McMeel Publishing's AMP! Comics for Kids series Title parodies the adynaton "when pigs fly". Cover features three crocs falling from the sky flapping their arms uselessly, referencing a strip where they forgot their ...
The Man Who Loved Clowns, Turtle on a Fence Post, When Pigs Fly, About Face, On Her Way: Stories and Poems About Growing Up Girl, and A Share of Freedom. June Rae Wood is an American author. One of her books, The Man Who Loved Clowns , won the Mark Twain Award and William Allen White Award in 1995.
As a response to an unlikely proposition, "when pigs fly", "when pigs have wings", or simply "pigs might fly". [1] "When Hell freezes over" [2] and "on a cold day in Hell" [3] are based on the understanding that Hell is eternally an extremely hot place. The "Twelfth of Never" will never come to pass. [4] A song of the same name was written by ...
As the pigs scattered among the aircraft parked on the flight deck, confused sailors tried to round up the “baconated trio,” as Military Times writer Claire Barrett described the porkers a few ...
An elderly black mouse who is one of the Watterson family. Max Guinea pig: Bionic Max: The world's first bionic Guinea Pig. Maisy Mouse Maisy: A white mouse who lives in an orange house with a red roof and who is the main character. Marion: Hamster Bounty Hamster: Voiced by Alan Marriott. A small blue galactic bounty hunting hamster, who ...
Produced by CBS Studios, Wings Productions and, for the first four seasons, When Pigs Fly Incorporated, the series stars Scott Bakula and CCH Pounder. The series, set and filmed in New Orleans, is the third series of the NCIS franchise. In May 2020, the show was renewed for the seventh season, which premiered on November 8, 2020.
I note that the article was previously moved, apparently without discussion, to "pigs fly", then moved back after minimal discussion. (See higher up this talk page.) --Deskford 13:42, 16 May 2017 (UTC) In this case, we can write in the lead section, The phrase "when pigs fly" (alternatively, "pigs might fly") is an adynaton. The more common ...