In a pig's eye
Suggest a CorrectionMeaning
No way, not true.
Origin
From 19th-century America, tied to pigs; small eyes, slang by 1840s for no. A 1847 'New Orleans Picayune' uses it for a fib.
Variants
- Pig's eye
Usage Examples
- He'll win? In a pig's eye; dream on!
- In a pig's eye; that's pure nonsense.
- Pay me? In a pig's eye he will.
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