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  2. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    German – Wenn Schweine fliegen können! is identical with the English saying "when pigs fly", although the older proverb Wenn Schweine Flügel hätten, wäre alles möglich ("if pigs had wings, everything would be possible") is in more common use, often modified on the second part to something impossible, like "if pigs had wings, even your ...

  3. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).

  4. Category:Idioms - Wikipedia

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    Simple English; Српски / srpski ... Idioms from non-English cultures (4 C, 7 P) L. Legal idioms (3 P) M. ... List of idioms of improbability; Irreversible ...

  5. Category:English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "English-language idioms" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 205 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. List of English-language idioms of the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of idioms that were recognizable to literate people in the late-19th century, and have become unfamiliar since. As the article list of idioms in the English language notes, a list of idioms can be useful, since the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced by knowing the meaning of its constituent words. See that article for a fuller ...

  7. Talk:List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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  8. Category:Lists of English phrases - Wikipedia

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    English-language idioms; List of English-language expressions related to death; S. List of sundial mottos This page was last edited on 14 January 2023, at 08:28 ...

  9. Adynaton - Wikipedia

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    In the Eclogue of Plutarch, there is a long list of proverbs and the first section is titled ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΑΔΥΝΑΤΩΝ, consisting of proverbs that are built on adynaton. [5] The adynaton form was often used for vows and covenants, such as in the 16th Epode of Horace, 25-34. Its plural form (adynata) was translated in Latin as impossibilia.

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