"if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle" meaning in English

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Proverb

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  1. (colloquial, vulgar, humorous) It is fruitless to speculate about counterfactual situations. Tags: colloquial, humorous, vulgar Synonyms: if pigs had wings they would fly, if I had wheels, I'd be a wagon, if my grandmother had balls, she'd be my granddad, if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bike, if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a streetcar, if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon, if my sister had balls, she'd be my brother, if my uncle had tits, he'd be my aunt, if my uncle had a fanny, he'd be my aunt [UK] Related terms: if wishes were horses, beggars would ride, if we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs Translations (proverb): po të kish halla loqe, do e quanin dajë (Albanian), kdyby byly v prdeli ryby, nemusely by být rybníky [vulgar] (Czech), als mijn tante wieltjes had, dan was ze een locomotief (Dutch), jos tädillä ois munat, niin täti olis setä (Finnish), jos tädillä olisi munat, se olisi setä (Finnish), si ma tante en avait (French), on l’appellerait mon oncle (French), avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille (French), se mê none a vêve i cojons, o vêvi trê nonos [vulgar] (Friulian), wenn das Wörtchen „wenn“ nicht wär, wär mein Vater Millionär (German), wenn der Hund nicht geschissen hätte, hätte er den Hasen gefangen (German), hätte der Hund nicht geschissen, hätte er den Hasen gefangen (German), ha a nagyanyámnak kereke volna, gurulna (Hungarian), con i se e con i ma la storia non si fa (Italian), se mia nonna avesse le ruote, sarebbe una carriola (Italian), gdyby babcia miała wąsy, toby była dziadkiem (Polish), si mi abuela tuviera ruedas, sería una bicicleta (Spanish), halamın taşakları olsaydı, amcam olurdu (Turkish), se me nona gavesse le ròde, la sarìa na cariòla (Venetian), ווען די באָבע וואָלט געהאַט רעדער, וואָלט זי געווען אַ טראָלייבוס (ven di bobe volt gehat reder, volt zi geven a troleybus) (Yiddish)
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          "word": "con i se e con i ma la storia non si fa"
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      "word": "jos tädillä olisi munat, se olisi setä"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "wenn das Wörtchen „wenn“ nicht wär, wär mein Vater Millionär"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "wenn der Hund nicht geschissen hätte, hätte er den Hasen gefangen"
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      "word": "hätte der Hund nicht geschissen, hätte er den Hasen gefangen"
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      "note": "αν η γιαγιά μου είχε αρχίδια θα τη φώναζα παππού (an i giagiá mou eíche archídia tha ti fónaza pappoú, literally “if my granny had balls, I'd call her grandpa”)",
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      "note": "αν η γιαγιά μου είχε καρούλια, θα ήταν πατίνι (an i giagiá mou eíche karoúlia, tha ítan patíni, literally “if my granny had reels, she'd be a roller-skate”)",
      "sense": "proverb"
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      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "ha a nagyanyámnak kereke volna, gurulna"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "con i se e con i ma la storia non si fa"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "se mia nonna avesse le ruote, sarebbe una carriola"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "gdyby babcia miała wąsy, toby była dziadkiem"
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      "note": "е́сли бы да кабы́ во рту́ вы́росли грибы́, то был бы не рот, а це́лый огоро́д (jésli by da kabý vo rtú výrosli gribý, to byl by ne rot, a célyj ogoród, literally “if and when mushrooms would grow in the mouth, it would not be a mouth but a whole garden”)",
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      "sense": "proverb",
      "word": "halamın taşakları olsaydı, amcam olurdu"
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      "word": "se me nona gavesse le ròde, la sarìa na cariòla"
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      "roman": "ven di bobe volt gehat reder, volt zi geven a troleybus",
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      "word": "ווען די באָבע וואָלט געהאַט רעדער, וואָלט זי געווען אַ טראָלייבוס"
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