when pigs fly

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Referencing the fact that pigs do not have wings and cannot fly.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: as die perde horings kry — never, expressed by an idiom
• Azerbaijani: dəvənin quyruğu yerə dəyəndə — never, expressed by an idiom
• Basque: haizerik ez den urtean — never, expressed by an idiom
• Betawi: ampé lebaran monyèt — never, expressed by an idiom
• Breton: kentre ma moc'h kelieno — never, expressed by an idiom
• Catalan: quan les gallines pixin — never, expressed by an idiom
• Chinese: 天落紅雨,馬生角 /天落红雨 — never, expressed by an idiom
• Czech: až kohout vejce snese — never, expressed by an idiom
• Czech: až naprší a uschne — never, expressed by an idiom
• Czech: na svatého Dyndy — never, expressed by an idiom
• Czech: až půjde žid z pouti — never, expressed by an idiom
• Dutch: wanneer Pasen en Pinksteren op één dag vallen — never, expressed by an idiom
• Dutch: met sint-juttemis — never, expressed by an idiom
• Esperanto: kiam la ratoj seksumos kun la musoj — never, expressed by an idiom
• Esperanto: en la tago de Sankta Neniamo — never, expressed by an idiom
• Estonian: kui kana pissib — never, expressed by an idiom
• Finnish: kun lehmät lentävät — never, expressed by an idiom
• French: quand les poules auront des dents — never, expressed by an idiom
• French: aux calendes grecques — never, expressed by an idiom
• French: à la Saint Glinglin — never, expressed by an idiom
• French: la semaine des quatre jeudis — never, expressed by an idiom
• French: à Pâques ou à la Trinité — never, expressed by an idiom
• French: à la Saint-Glinglin — never, expressed by an idiom
• West-Frisian: as de keallen op it iis dûnsje — never, expressed by an idiom
• German: am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag — never, expressed by an idiom
• German: wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fallen — never, expressed by an idiom
• Greek: του αγίου ποτέ (tou agíou poté) — never, expressed by an idiom
• Hungarian: majd ha fagy — never, expressed by an idiom
• Hungarian: holnapután kiskedden — never, expressed by an idiom
• Hungarian: majd ha piros hó esik — never, expressed by an idiom
• Hungarian: majd ha cigánygyerekek potyognak az égből — never, expressed by an idiom
• Hungarian: sohanapján — never, expressed by an idiom
• Icelandic: þegar jólin ber upp á páska — never, expressed by an idiom
• Indonesian: sampai lebaran monyet — never, expressed by an idiom
• Indonesian: sampai lebaran kuda — never, expressed by an idiom
• Indonesian: menunggu ayam bayar pajak — never, expressed by an idiom
• Irish: lá Philib an Chleite — never, expressed by an idiom
• Irish: lá Thaidhg na dTadhgann — never, expressed by an idiom
• Italian: quando gli asini voleranno — never, expressed by an idiom
• Italian: alle calende greche — never, expressed by an idiom
• Italian: il giorno di San Mai — never, expressed by an idiom
• Latin: ad kalendas Graecas — never, expressed by an idiom
• Latin: cum mula peperit — never, expressed by an idiom
• Latin: prius pariet locusta Lucam bovem — never, expressed by an idiom
• Latvian: kad cūkas lidos — never, expressed by an idiom
• Latvian: kad pūcei aste ziedēs — never, expressed by an idiom
• Macedonian: на куково лето (na kukovo leto) — never, expressed by an idiom
• Malay: menunggu kucing bertanduk — never, expressed by an idiom
• Polish: na świętego nigdy — never, expressed by an idiom
• Polish: w grudniu po południu — never, expressed by an idiom
• Portuguese: quando os porcos voarem — never, expressed by an idiom
• Portuguese: no Dia de São Nunca — never, expressed by an idiom
• Portuguese: no Dia de São Nunca à tarde — never, expressed by an idiom
• Romanian: când o zbura porcul — never, expressed by an idiom
• Romanian: când va face plopul pere — never, expressed by an idiom
• Romanian: la paștele cailor — never, expressed by an idiom
• Romanian: când mi-oi vedea ceafa — never, expressed by an idiom
• Romanian: la Sfîntu-așteaptă — never, expressed by an idiom
• Scottish Gaelic: gu Là Luain — never, expressed by an idiom
• Scottish Gaelic: an latha a bheireas an cuilean an t-ugh — never, expressed by an idiom
• Scottish Gaelic: nuair a gheibh thu nead na cuthaige — never, expressed by an idiom
• Serbo-Croatian: кад на врби роди грожђе — never, expressed by an idiom
• Serbo-Croatian: kad na vrbi rodi grožđe — never, expressed by an idiom
• Spanish: el día que las vacas vuelen — never, expressed by an idiom
• Spanish: cuando las ranas críen pelo — never, expressed by an idiom
• Spanish: cuando San Juan agache el dedo — never, expressed by an idiom
• Sranan Tongo: te kakafowru kisi tifi — never, expressed by an idiom
• Swedish: när grisar flyger — never, expressed by an idiom
• Tagalog: sa pagputi ng uwak — never, expressed by an idiom
• Tagalog: sa pag-itim ng tagak — never, expressed by an idiom
• Ukrainian: не бачити як свого носа (ne bačyty jak svoho nosa) — never, expressed by an idiom
• Ukrainian: коли на долоні волосся виросте (koly na doloni volossja vyroste) — never, expressed by an idiom
• Yiddish: װען משיח װעט קומען (ven moshiyekh vet kumen) — never, expressed by an idiom
• Yiddish: ווען ס׳וועט זײַן דרײַ טעג ראש־⁠חודש (ven s'vet zayn dray teg reshkhoydesh) — never, expressed by an idiom