- a pipe dream
- голубая мечта (несбыточная надежда)
Mr Peter Rees has a pipe dream that one day the British Royal family will be emperors of Europe.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов. 2013.
a pipe dream
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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 noun count something you wish for that can never really happen … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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 — see pipe dream … English 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 (musical) — Infobox Musical name=Pipe Dream caption= Album cover of 1955 Original Broadway Cast Recording music= Richard Rodgers lyrics= Oscar Hammerstein II book= Oscar Hammerstein II basis= productions= 1955 Broadway awards= Pipe Dream is a musical with… … Wikipedia
