נישט געשטויגן און נישט געפלויגן
Yiddish
Pronunciation
Nisht geshtoygn un nisht gefloygn
Literal Translation
Didn’t climb up and didn’t fly
Description
It never happened, bullshit
Etymology
The expression is a denial the divinity of Jesus. In essence, any Jew in a traditional Yiddish speaking environment would interpret the phrase to mean that Jesus neither climbed nor flew to heaven. It is used similar to the English expression "when pigs fly".
Sources
Born to Kvetch - Michael Wex (page 20)
Equivalents
This is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.
- as die perde horings kryAfrikaans
- երբ խոզը բարձրանա ծառըArmenian
- на куково лятоBulgarian
- 豬乸都會上樹Chinese
