ABSTRACT
Oddly enough, Coll.A uses an expression similar to the English ‘if pigs could fly’ but as the pig is regarded by Muslims as unclean, reference is made to a she-goat.
9anza wa-law Taarat It’s a she-goat even if it is flying. (i.e ‘Don’t deny the obvious truth, even if something looks not quite right, or out of place.’)
The word for ‘even if ’ is law which is the if-word when applied to unreal conditions, such as ‘If you were the only girl in the world. . . .’
