In a pig's eye

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Meaning

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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