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tr[klaʊd'kʊkʊːlænd]\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto live in cloud-cuckoo-land vivir en las nubes'klaʊd'kuːkuːlænd, ˌklaʊd'kʊkuːlændshe lives in cloud-cuckoo-land-cuckoo-land — vive en las nubes or en otro mundo
(US)Nto be in cloud-cuckoo-land — estar en babia, estar con la cabeza en el aire (LAm)
* * *['klaʊd'kuːkuːlænd, ˌklaʊd'kʊkuːlænd]she lives in cloud-cuckoo-land-cuckoo-land — vive en las nubes or en otro mundo
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∎ they're living in cloud-cuckoo-land ils planent complètement, ils n'ont pas les pieds sur terre□Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > cloud-cuckoo-land
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cloud-cuckoo-land noun сказочная страна; мир грез; несбыточные мечтания -
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/'klaudlænd/ Cách viết khác: (cloud-castle)/'klaud,kɑ:sl/ (Cloud-cuckoo-land)/'klaud'kuku:lænd/ (cloud-world)/'klaudwə:ld/ -castle) /'klaud,kɑ:sl/ (Cloud-cuckoo-land) /'klaud'kuku:lænd/ (cloud-world) /'klaudwə:ld/ * danh từ - cõi mộng, xứ mơ -
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n въображаема/идеалиа страна/място* * *{klaud'kuku:laend} n въображаема/идеалиа страна/мяс* * *n въображаема/идеалиа страна/място* * *cloud-cuckoo-land (ам. cloud-land) [´klaud ´ku:ku¸lænd] n илюзорна представа; you are in \cloud-cuckoo-land if you think they'll pay any more money трябва да си последен наивник, ако мислиш, че ще ти платят повече. -
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nounWolkenkuckucksheim, das (geh.)* * *live in cloud-cuckoo-land in einem Wolkenkuckucksheim leben* * *nounWolkenkuckucksheim, das (geh.) -
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Мир фантазий, мир грёз и иллюзий. Аристофан когда-то написал о вымышленном городе, построенном птицами для того, чтобы отделить богов от человека. Отсюда современное значение этого выражения — не только мир фантазий, но и результат самообольщения.Tamara is thinking of starting up a private clinic. She seems to be living in cloud cuckoo land. — Тамара думает создать частную клинику. Похоже, она витает в облаках.
English-Russian dictionary of expressions > cloud cuckoo land
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книжн.сказочная страна, мир грёз [этим. греч.]Mr. Benn must be living in cloud cuckoo land if he thinks the Common Market was brought into existence to protect the sovereignty of the countries belonging to it. — Мистер Бенн явно витает в облаках, считая, что "Общий рынок" создан для защиты суверенитета входящих в него стран.
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сущ. сказочная страна;
мир грез;
несбыточные мечтания сказочная страна;
мир грез, несбыточные мечтанияБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > cloud-cuckoo-land
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[ˏklaʊd`kʊkuːlænd]сказочная страна; мир грез; несбыточные мечтанияАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > cloud-cuckoo-land
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cloud-cuckoo-land — n. an imaginary place where fantasy and illusion predominate; it is a place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cloud-cuckoo-land — cloud cuckoo ,land noun someone is (living) in cloud cuckoo land INFORMAL used for saying that someone is silly if they believe that there are no problems in a situation … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cloud cuckoo land — If someone has ideas or plans that are completely unrealistic, they are living on cloud cuckoo land … The small dictionary of idiomes
cloud cuckoo land — ► NOUN ▪ a state of unrealistic or absurdly over optimistic fantasy. ORIGIN translation of Greek Nephelokokkugia, the name of a city built by the birds in Aristophanes comedy Birds, from nephel cloud + kokkux cuckoo … English terms dictionary
cloud-cuckoo-land — [kloud΄ko͞o′ko͞o land΄] n. a place or condition that is fanciful, lacking in reality, impractically utopian, etc … English World dictionary
Cloud Cuckoo Land — Imaginary city built in air, translating Aristophanes Nephelokokkygia in The Birds (414 B.C.E.) … Etymology dictionary
Cloud cuckoo land — For the album by Lightning Seeds, see Cloudcuckooland (album). Cloud Cuckoo Land refers to an unrealistically idealistic state where everything is perfect. ( You re living in Cloud Cuckoo Land. ) It hints that the person referred to is naïve,… … Wikipedia
cloud-cuckoo-land — N UNCOUNT: also a N (disapproval) If you say that someone is living in cloud cuckoo land, you are criticizing them because they think there are no problems and that things will happen exactly as they want them to, when this is obviously not the… … English dictionary
cloud cuckoo land — If someone has ideas or plans that are completely unrealistic, they are living on cloud cuckoo land. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** This expression refers to an imaginary unrealistic place where everything is perfect and impossible… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
cloud-cuckoo-land — /klowd kooh kooh land , kook ooh /, n. an idealized, illusory domain of imagination; cloudland: the cloud cuckoo land of technicolor cartoon whimsy. [1815 25; trans. of Gk Nephelokokkygía, the realm which separates the gods from mankind in… … Universalium
cloud-cuckoo-land — UK / US noun someone is (living) in cloud cuckoo land informal used for saying that someone is silly if they believe that there are no problems in a situation … English dictionary