In a pig's ear!

In a pig's ear!
In a pig's eye! & In a pig's ass! & In a pig's ear!
Rur. Nonsense! (Use caution with

ass

.) •

Tom: I wasn't going to steal it. I was just looking at it. Jane: In a pig's eye! I saw you put it in your pocket!

Mary: Bill says he's sorry and he'll never yell at me again if I take him back. Jane: In a pig's ass! He's made those promises a hundred times before.

Tom: I thought you said I could keep this. Charlie: In a pig's ear! I said you could borrow

it.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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