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the pipe dream

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  • 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 — [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 (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

  • 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 (newspaper) — Infobox Newspaper name = type = Twice per week (Tues Fri) newspaper format = Tabloid foundation = 1946 owners = Pipe Dream Student Group headquarters = Vestal, New York, U.S. website = [http://www.bupipedream.com bupipedream.com] circulation =… …   Wikipedia

  • 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 — {n.}, {informal} An unrealizable, financially unsound, wishful way of thinking; an unrealistic plan. * /Joe went through the motions of pretending that he wanted to buy that $250,000 house, but his wife candidly told the real estate lady that it… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pipe dream — {n.}, {informal} An unrealizable, financially unsound, wishful way of thinking; an unrealistic plan. * /Joe went through the motions of pretending that he wanted to buy that $250,000 house, but his wife candidly told the real estate lady that it… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pipe\ dream — noun informal An unrealizable, financially unsound, wishful way of thinking; an unrealistic plan. Joe went through the motions of pretending that he wanted to buy that $250,000 house, but his wife candidly told the real estate lady that it was… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • pipe dream — a dream based on luck, pie in the sky    Do you have a pipe dream or a plan? There s a big difference …   English idioms

  • pipe dream — noun for most aspiring actors, that starring role is just a pipe dream Syn: fantasy, false hope, illusion, delusion, daydream, chimera; castle in the air, castle in Spain; informal pie in the sky …   Thesaurus of popular words

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