in a pig's eye

Idioms  

1. 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 ass, is generally used as a strong negative. [Slang; late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

“In a pig’s eye!” called Jack through the thin partition of the cabin.

From Project Gutenberg

"Extremely serious in a pig's eye," said one.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another, from the Dark Ages, adds: "In a pig's eye!"

From Time Magazine Archive

He swung around the cirkle; he didn’t come to make a speech; he hed bin Alderman uv his native town; he mite hev been Dicktater, but woodent; and ended with a poetickal cotashun wich I coodent ketch, but wich, ez neer ez I cood understand, wuz,— “Kum wun, kum all; this rock shel fly From its firm base—in a pig’s eye.”

From Project Gutenberg

Run you back to the Crossing in a pig's eye.

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