实用英语：Pigs Might Fly 太阳从西边出来了
Neil: Welcome to another Real English programme from BBC Learning English.I’m Neil and with me today is Yang Li.
Yang Li: 大家好，在今天的地道英语节目中我们一起学习成语，是吗 Neil?
Neil: Yes we are, and that idiom is – pigs… might… fly. Pigs might fly.
Yang Li: 字面意思是说猪可能会飞。可是我就不明白了，猪压根儿不会飞，那这儿为什么说猪可能会飞呢?
Neil: Well, that’s exactly it Yang Li, pigs don’t fly. So we say ‘pigs
might fly’ when there is no chance of something happening at all.
Yang Li: Ah 我明白了。在英语里，当我们想表达一件不可能发生的事情时，就可以用 pigs might fly
这个成语。能给我们举些例子吗?
Neil: Of course. Say for example you’re running a marathon for the first
time and you’re not a very confident runner. A friend says to you – how long do
you think it will take? Four hours? You would say – and pigs might fly because
you know there is no chance of that happening.
Yang Li: 如果你不是一个非常擅长长跑的人，你决定参加马拉松，一个朋友说你在四个小时内可以跑完，这时你就可以说 pigs might
fly;也就是说绝对不可能!
Neil: Here are some more examples.
Example
A: I bought a lottery ticket yesterday.
B: Just think, you could buy a new sports car.
A: And I’d buy a house in Hawaii... and pigs might fly!
A: Look... Brad Pitt…he is just gorgeous.
B: Why can’t a man like that ask us on a date?
A: Yeah pigs might fly!
Yang Li: Neil 其实汉语里我们也有一个相似的表达，太阳从西边出来了!因为太阳永远不会从西边出来!
Neil: Ah interesting. I am enjoying learning Chinese, you know?
Yang Li: But how is it going? Are you fluent yet?
Neil: Ha, pigs might fly! Anyway, that’s today’s idiom – pigs might
fly.
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