as a pig loves marjoram
as a pig loves marjoram
Very unlikely to happen; improbable. The phrase is usually attributed to the Roman poet Lucretius, who wrote that "swine shun marjoram." Considering that you haven't handed in a single assignment this semester, you're getting an A in this class as surely as a pig loves marjoram!
See also: love, pig
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
- not tonight, Josephine
- et tu, Brute?
- eggs is eggs
- a penny for them
- in the unlikely event of
- in the unlikely event of (something)
- Give me liberty, or give me death!
- great minds
- great minds think alike