And Pigs Might Fly (Colour Jets) (2024)

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What figurative language is if pigs could fly? ›

"When pigs fly" is an adynaton, a way of saying that something will never happen.

Definition: It's impossible for pigs to fly, so when someone says this, they are saying that something will (most likely) never happen. Examples: “I might wake up early to clean my room…” “Yeah right, you'll do that when pigs fly.”

The phrase 'When Pigs Fly' refers to something that is highly unlikely to ever happen. Example of use: "I might wake up early tomorrow to clean my room". "Yes, you'll do that when pigs fly".

said when you think that there is no chance at all of something happening: "I'll have finished it by tomorrow." "And pigs might fly!"

Here are common rhetorical questions

-Do pigs fly?

Pig's can't fly! It's impossible, which is precisely what the expression means. We say it as a response when someone tells us something that we think is impossible or very unlikely. For example, if person A says “Do you think Mary will quit her job now that she's pregnant?” and person B responds “Yeah, when pigs fly!

A pig, a plump animal farmed for its meat, such as bacon. Depicted in light pink in full profile on all fours facing left, with a long snout and short, curly tail. May be used to represent the animal, its food products, or various metaphorical senses of pig.

The "when pigs fly" idiom is a form of adynaton, which is a type of hyperbole. The word adynaton comes from the Greek word adunaton, which means impossible.

The flying pig symbolizes an openness to new ideas, possibilities, and avenues. These mythical creatures represent an upbeat “never say never” attitude—like when a latchkey kid like me grows up to create a life that's rich, full, and blessed. Despite the odds. Pigs fly every day.

— When pigs fly I'll go out on a date with you. — When my boss asked me to make him coffee I told him it'd be ready when pigs fly. — I guess I can expect you to clean your room when pigs fly? — "Do you think I'll get promoted to the senior media associate position?" "When pigs fly!

What can I say instead of when pigs fly? ›

When Pigs Fly is the third (formerly the second) episode of Bad Piggies, and will be the player's prime introduction to air-based vehicles, and follows directly after the events of Ground Hog Day. It has 36 levels plus 9 Cave levels.

If Pigs Could Fly¿ and Other Deep Thoughts is a collection of Bruce Lansky's own hilarious poems about everything kids are concerned with, including: smelly diapers, chubby relatives, toothless grandmas, dirty socks, impolite dogs, burping babies, bad hair days and more.

'When pigs fly' refers to something highly unlikely to ever happen. The most appropriate meaning of the given idiom is 'A time that will never come'. Example: I think he'll pay you back your money - when pigs fly.

British Slang. aware and worldly; clever; smart: Adults generally found him sly and conniving, but his teenage followers were convinced he was fly. British Slang.

It's an expression that connotes something that will likely never happen. The prime example of that is “when pigs fly, I'll be a doctor” or something like that.

For example: He is as fat as a pig. He eats like a pig. A metaphor, which merely suggests a comparison, gives an object the qualities of some other, unlike object.

Answer and Explanation:

"Time flies" is a metaphor. "Time" is being compared to the act of flying by quickly, which is not to be taken by its literal meaning, and rather is meant to convey that time is passing very quickly, so it feels as though it is flying by.