"pigs might fly" meaning in English

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        "A response (often with a hint of sarcasm) to a situation which one thinks that there is no chance of ever occurring."
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        "(idiomatic) A response (often with a hint of sarcasm) to a situation which one thinks that there is no chance of ever occurring."
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          "word": "monkeys might fly out of my butt"
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          "word": "pigs can fly"
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          "word": "maak dat de kat wijs"
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          "word": "wer's glaubt, wird selig"
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      "word": "monkeys might fly out of my butt"
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