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Pipe dream

pipe dream
also pipe-dream (pipe dreams) 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. N-COUNT
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1.
   noun  Etymology: from the fantasies brought about by the smoking of opium  Date: 1896 an illusory or fantastic plan, hope, or story ...
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2.
  несбыточная мечта ...
Англо-русский словарь идиом
3.
  {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 was just a pipe dream./ Compare: PIE IN THE SKY. ...
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