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"When pigs fly?" Now that just doesn't make sense. When did pigs grow wings? Yet, to a native English speaker, it makes total sense. The phrase when pigs fly is a great example of an idiom, or an expression that has a pletely different from that of the words of which it posed. Let's take a look at some amusing idioms!
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    When pigs fly Pig's can't fly! It's impossible, which is precisely what the expression means. For example, you hear someone say, "Do you think Mary will quit her job now that she's pregnant?" Another person responds, "Yeah, when pigs fly! There is no way she is giving up her career!" When he or she used the expression when pigs fly, it means that it's impossible that Mary will quit her job. Get in someone's hair If you get in someone's hair, you haven't climbed up onto their head! Instead, it means you are bothering them ?perhaps invading their personal space. For example, "Susan was trying to prepare dinner, but her children were getting in her hair!" This means Susan's kids were bothering her when she was cooking. If someone is bothering you, you can tell them, "Get out of my hair!" Hit the ceiling The ceiling is quite far above our heads, so it's not easy to hit it ?unless you're angry! If someone hits the ceiling it means they are reacting very angrily. For example, "When Carol's son