in a pig's eye

pig  (pg)

n.

1.

a. Any of several mammals of the family Suidae, having short legs, cloven hooves, bristly hair, and a cartilaginous snout used for digging, especially the domesticated hog, Sus scrofa domesticus, when young or of comparatively small size.

b. The edible parts of one of these mammals.

2. Informal A person regarded as being piglike, greedy, or gross.

3.

a. A crude block of metal, chiefly iron or lead, poured from a smelting furnace.

b. A mold in which such metal is cast.

c. Pig iron.

4. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a police officer.

5. Slang A member of the social or political establishment, especially one holding sexist or racist views.

intr.v. pigged, pig·ging, pigs

To give birth to pigs; farrow.

Phrasal Verb:

pig out Slang

To eat ravenously; gorge oneself: "a parent who asks a child, 'Would you like to pig out on pizza?'" (George F. Will).

Idioms:

in a pig's eye Slang

Under no condition; never.

pig in a poke

Something that is offered in a manner that conceals its true nature or value.

pig it Slang

To live in a piglike fashion.

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[Middle English pigge, young pig, probably from Old English *picga.]

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Adv.

1.

in a pig's eye - very unlikely colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech