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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Unlikely
 
  Unlikely as that a mouse should fall in love with a cat.
            —Anonymous		  1
  Unlikely as that the wolf is to eat the moon.
            —Anonymous		  2
  Unlikely as sweet fruit plucked from a dry tree, or sweet leaves on a dead stem.
            —Anonymous		  3
  Unlikely … as to teach an alligator the polka.
            —Anonymous		  4
  Unlikely as that a moth intends to be burnt when it flies into a candle flame.
            —Anonymous		  5
  Unlikely as to see a hog fly.
            —Anonymous		  6
 
 
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