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pipe dream (noun)

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  • 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 — ► 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 — noun A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility. I think his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and he should stay in school …   Wiktionary

  • 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 — 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

  • pipe dream — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pipe dream : singular pipe dream plural pipe dreams something you wish for that can never really happen …   English dictionary

  • pipe dream — noun an unattainable or fanciful hope or scheme. Origin C19: referring to a dream experienced when smoking an opium pipe …   English new terms dictionary

  • pipe dream — noun Etymology: from the fantasies brought about by the smoking of opium Date: 1896 an illusory or fantastic plan, hope, or story …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pipe dream — I vain hope, chimera, bubble. See desire. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. fantasy, *castle in the sky, *castle in Spain, daydream, flight of fancy, *fool s paradise, chimera, delusion, *pie in the sky, wishful thinking. III (Roget s Thesaurus… …   English dictionary for students

  • dream — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 while you are asleep ADJECTIVE ▪ awful, bad, disturbing, horrible, terrible ▪ a child frightened by a bad dream ▪ bizarre …   Collocations dictionary

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