2006-07-19 02:30:33 · 3 answers · asked by *art blest* 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Looking for information regarding the phrase "In a Pigs Eye" looking for meaning primiarly.
IN A PIG'S EYE - "Never, highly unlikely. Whether the originator of the saying meant that a poor idea was something to put in a pig's eye or that it would look bad to a pig's eye is a matter of speculation. As an expression of scorn the expression was picked up in 1872 by Petroleum V. Nasby (David Locke) in one of his satirical newspaper columns: 'A poetical cotashun.which.wuz, -- '*** wun, kim all, this rock shel fly From its firm base - in a pig's eye.'" From "The Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985).
Under no condition, not at all, as in In a pig's eye he'll pay me back, or You think he's competent? In a pig's eye! This expression, a euphemism for in a pig's ***, is generally used as a strong negative. [Slang; late 1800s]
2006-07-19 02:36:38 · answer #1 · answered by parsonsel 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in a pig's eye
Under no condition, not at all, as in In a pig's eye he'll pay me back, or You think he's competent? In a pig's eye! This expression, a euphemism for in a pig's ***, is generally used as a strong negative. [Slang; late 1800s]
2006-07-19 10:38:38 · answer #2 · answered by LP-UY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the correct expression is a "pigs ear"
2006-07-19 09:32:43 · answer #3 · answered by Sweetie Chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋