where does the expression when pigs fly come from
When pigs fly The idiom is apparently derived from a centuries-old Scottish proverb, though some other references to pigs flying or pigs with wings are more famous. At least one appears in the works of Lewis Carroll:
Star-crossed The phrase was coined in the prologue of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:
Economic nationalism While the coining of the term "
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford Molly Bawn contains Hungerford's most famous idiom:
All that glitters is not gold While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th century line by William Shakespeare.
The Pale The word pale derives ultimately from the Latin word