Usage of "pipe dream"

русский

Illusory or fantastic plan, hope, or story.

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испанский

A fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)

A plan, desire or idea that is impossible or very unlikely to be realized.

Использование термина pipe dream на английском

Is a sustainable work place within Ireland achievable or a pipe dream? 
 The Irish Times 

Just a pipe dream that ain't got no chance of comin' true. 
 God don't like ugly 

From what we saw last year, that too is a pipe dream. 
 Radio NZ 

South Africa cannot wait for December -that is a pipe dream. 
 The South African 

So let's not spend our energy budget on a foreign pipe dream. 
 The South African 

It was a pipe dream to... keep me in line, I guess. 
 Book Three: The Final Exodus 

His life was like a pipe dream, not like an ordinary mortal's. 
 The Satyricon — Complete 

Mr Sanders' plan is the dictionary definition of a pipe dream. 
 News.com.au 

Labour getting a majority was a mere pipe dream in 2020. 
 News.com.au 

We've heard this sort of thing before, but apparently it's no pipe dream. 
 Wired 

One more pipe dream, and this is really reaching for it. 
 Man on the run 

The outcome of these talks will reveal if this is another pipe dream. 
 Independent.ie 

In the city of Detroit, federal loans were a pipe dream. 
 The Irish Times 

As of now, five percent mortality looks like a pipe dream. 
 Wired 

It was a pipe dream illustrated with charts and abstract ratios. 
 Obama's wars 

Universal healthcare, like in the D.R., is still a pipe dream. 
 Ebony 

Translations for pipe dream

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Значения термина pipe dream на английском