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flight of fancy = Träumerei, (geistiger) Höhenflug, Hirngespinst, Phantasterei
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flight of fancy
idiom
- an idea, story, etc., that shows great imagination but is very unlikely to be true or practical
Merriam-Webster
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ORIGIN
This idiom uses flight in the sense of “a soaring of the imagination,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.
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THREE FANCY PHRASES
that you’re likely to hear:
a passing fancy = vorübergehende Verlangen oder Idee
footloose and fancy free = frei und ungebunden
to tickle sb.’s fancy = jds. Fantasie anregen
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SYNONYMS
chase rainbows, off the wall, pie in the sky, pipe dream
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Practice OWAD in an English conversation, say something like:
“FLIGHTS OF FANCY are probably the best things to have at the start of brainstorming sessions.”
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