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

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          "word": "if pigs had wings they would fly"
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          "word": "if my grandmother had balls, she'd be my granddad"
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          "word": "po të kish halla loqe, do e quanin dajë"
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          "word": "si ma tante en avait"
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          "word": "on l’appellerait mon oncle"
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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”)",
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          "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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  "word": "if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle"
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      "word": "if pigs had wings they would fly"
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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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      "word": "ווען די באָבע וואָלט געהאַט רעדער, וואָלט זי געווען אַ טראָלייבוס"
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