- pipe dream
- `pipe ,dream noun countsomething you wish for that can never really happen
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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pipe dream — pipe dreams also pipe dream N COUNT A pipe dream is a hope or plan that you have which you know will never really happen. You could waste your whole life on a pipe dream … English dictionary
pipe dream — (n.) 1896; the sort of improbable fantasy one has while smoking opium; from PIPE (Cf. pipe) (n.) + DREAM (Cf. dream) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
pipe dream — A pipe dream is an unrealistic, impractical idea or scheme … The small dictionary of idiomes
pipe dream — ► NOUN ▪ an unattainable or fanciful hope or scheme. ORIGIN referring to a dream experienced when smoking an opium pipe … English terms dictionary
pipe dream — pipe′ dream n. a fanciful or unrealistic notion, hope, or plan … From formal English to slang
pipe dream — [n] fantasy air castle, airy hope, castle in the sky*, chimera, daydream, fantastic notion, fool’s paradise*, unreal hope, wishful thinking; concepts 20,529,689 … New thesaurus
pipe dream — ☆ pipe dream n. [in allusion to hallucinations experienced by opium smokers] Informal a fantastic idea, vain hope or plan, etc … English World dictionary
pipe dream — noun a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe • Syn: ↑dream • Hypernyms: ↑fantasy, ↑phantasy * * * n daydream, dream, delusion, fantasy, reverie, romance,… … Useful english dictionary
Pipe dream — A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve. It is implied that the smoker of the pipe is smoking a substance that alters their perceptions to make something fantastical seem… … Wikipedia
Pipe Dream — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Pipe Dream – Lügen haben Klempnerbeine Originaltitel Pipe Dream … Deutsch Wikipedia
