"in a pig's eye" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in a pig's eye.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: A euphemism for in a pig's arse. Etymology templates: {{m|en|in a pig's arse}} in a pig's arse Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=in a pig's eye}} in a pig's eye
  1. (idiomatic) Under very unlikely circumstances; probably never. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: when pigs fly Translations (very unlikely, probably never): kun lehmät lentävät (english: when the cows fly) (Finnish), aldrei (Icelandic), alls ekki (Icelandic), kemur ekki til mála (Icelandic), tóm della (Icelandic), когда́ рак на горе свистнет (kogdá rak na gore svistnet) (Russian), el día que las vacas vuelen (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-in_a_pig's_eye-en-prep_phrase-~J~QrRD~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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