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Ha! Your pig fiance is too late!

— The Princess Bride · 1987

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker taunts someone that their fiancé is too late, adding a degrading animal label. The line expresses contempt without establishing what he is too late to do.

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