pipe dream
Noun
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Noun
pipe dream (plural pipe dreams)
- (idiomatic) A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility.
- I think that his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and that he should stay in school.
- Synonyms: castle in the air, pie in the sky
- French: rêve chimérique, chimère
- German: Luftschloss (air castle), Schnapsidee (booze idea), Wunschtraum
- Portuguese: quimera
- Russian: несбы́точная мечта́
- Spanish: sueño guajiro, castillo en el aire
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