pipe dream
a fantasy that is totally unrealistic
TRANSLATION
pipe dream = frommer Wunsch; Hirngespinst; Wunschtraum; Tagtraum; Luftschloss
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World: South Asia
Gas pipeline could be a pipe dream
A US oil and gas company has failed to secure financing for a proposed natural gas pipeline in Central Asia. The proposed pipeline would have been 1,271km long.
(BBC News - 30th August 1998)
Gas pipeline could be a pipe dream
A US oil and gas company has failed to secure financing for a proposed natural gas pipeline in Central Asia. The proposed pipeline would have been 1,271km long.
(BBC News - 30th August 1998)
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pipe dream
noun
- A fantastic notion or vain hope.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Origin: From the fantasies induced by smoking a pipe of opium.
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Synonyms:
airy hope, castle in the air, castle in the sky, chimera, daydream, false hope, fantasy, fool's paradise, golden dream, pie in the sky, unrealistic hope, wishful thinking
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"I do occasionally play the lottery just for fun, but it is a pipedream to imagine winning a lot of money."
noun
- A fantastic notion or vain hope.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Origin: From the fantasies induced by smoking a pipe of opium.
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Synonyms:
airy hope, castle in the air, castle in the sky, chimera, daydream, false hope, fantasy, fool's paradise, golden dream, pie in the sky, unrealistic hope, wishful thinking
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"I do occasionally play the lottery just for fun, but it is a pipedream to imagine winning a lot of money."
