Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of if pigs had wings, they would fly.
“I can’t change the way the world is, and neither can you.” “But we can try! If everyone tried—” “If pigs had wings, they’d fly. Be realistic.”
1988 February, Kim Stanley Robinson, chapter 73, in The Gold Coast (Three Californias Trilogy; 2), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 3442 more examples
“I learned how to twirl this summer. If we had a band at school like my cousin Jim has in Sevierville, I’d be a majorette.” / And if pigs had wings, they’d fly, Salina thought.
1990, Alana White, chapter 3, in Come Next Spring, New York, N.Y.: Clarion Books, →ISBN, page 37“It is merely that if people are inclined to trust other people, they generally have neither the desire nor the reason to develop such schemes in the first place.” / McCoy snorted. “And if pigs had wings, they’d fly.”
1991 June, Gene DeWeese, chapter 22, in Renegade (Star Trek: The Original Series; 55), New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 276
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