It means for you to stop fooling around and start working on whatever you're supposed to be doing. The image is of a bird flapping around crazily instead of flying toward their destination.
Nat King Cole's hit 'Straighten Up and Fly Right' was released in 1944.
My Favorite IDIOM Is, When Pigs Fly.
It means to be patriotic (by reference to flying the flag).
The idiom is "when pigs fly". Bacon comes from pigs, but bacon is not in the idiom. The idiom simply means, "impossible".
"When pigs fly" is an example of an idiom.
It's not an idiom. It means just what it looks like -- conquer means overcome or win out, and soar means to fly high. This is saying you should overcome and fly high, which is figurative language for work hard, do your best, and succeed.
It appears for a few seconds in the movie "Ray", 11 minutes, 20 seconds into the movie.
It is said about person or a business and it means dishonest and only interested in making money quickly
A sentence could be: I will give you money when pigs fly
To "fly in the face of" means to go against something. Example: Your actions fly in the face of our agreement.
An idiom that includes the word "fly" is "when pigs fly," which means that something is highly unlikely or impossible to happen. It emphasizes the absurdity of the situation being discussed. Another example is "fly by the seat of your pants," which refers to making decisions in a spontaneous or improvised manner, without a clear plan.
Yes, he wrote "Straighten Up and Fly Right," "I Like to Riff," and many other vocal and instrumental tunes performed by the King Cole Trio.