Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

if pigs had wings, they would fly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: if pigs had wings, they -would fly
IPA

56

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

2

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Expresses skepticism toward a hypothetical argument by another.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Asked by a reporter for The Chicago Tribune whether a conservative Christian college would risk its tax-exempt status by refusing to admit a legally married gay couple to married-student housing, Cass Sunstein, a constitutional scholar at the University of Chicago Law School who had not been at the Becket conference, answered, "Sure — and if pigs had wings, they would fly." He dismissed the idea as a scenario "generated by advocacy groups trying to scare people.""

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

if pigs had wings, they could fly (alternative) if pigs had wings, they'd fly (alternative)

Phrases

if pigs had wings pigs might fly when pigs fly if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle if wishes were horses, beggars would ride

Frequently Paired Words

pigs might fly when pigs fly if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle if wishes were horses, beggars would ride

Questions

What does if pigs had wings, they would fly mean?: Expresses skepticism toward a hypothetical argument by another.

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