PIPE DREAM | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of pipe dream in English pipe dreamnoun [ C ] uk /ˈpaɪp ˌdriːm/ us /ˈpaɪp ˌdriːm/ Add to word list Add to word list an idea or plan that is impossible or very unlikely to happen: Her plans are not realistic - they'll never be more than a pipe dream. Hoping and hopefulness

• appealingly
• beyond someone's expectations
• boosterish
• boosterism
• bright spot
• fancy
• hope over experience idiom
• hope springs eternal idiom
• hopeful
• hopefully
• hopefulness
• lemon
• optimistically
• over-expectation
• over-optimism
• over-optimistic
• over-optimistically
• pious
• positively
• wing

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pipe dream | American Dictionary

pipe dreamnoun [ C ] us /ˈpɑɪp ˌdrim/ Add to word list Add to word list an idea or plan that is not practical or possible: Many people still believe that traveling to Mars is just a pipe dream. (Definition of pipe dream from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of pipe dream

pipe dream Perhaps it would simply prove that clarifying the law was a pipe dream. From the Cambridge English Corpus This may seem a pipe dream, but pipe dreams sometimes come true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that he and everyone else will agree that at present that must be a pipe dream. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So far, many governments have found this to be a pipe dream. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She got it wrong when she reported me as saying that my amendment was radical and a pipe dream. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a mere pipe dream for them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The challenge that we face is how to translate that pipe dream into reality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not a pipe dream; it is a realistic and achievable aim. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The consultation document of 1976 referred to this as a pipe dream. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a pipe dream; it is realistic and also modern. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Something so often denounced as a pipe dream, as an illusion, is now becoming reality. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Totally banning the nuclear market at this time is a fantasy for the rich and a theoretical pipe dream about man's future! From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Shutting ourselves off from the international market today is a mere pipe dream: it is not only impossible but it would also be damaging. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Even to talk about it was a pipe dream, as was the possibility of a pension scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a time when this looked like an empty pipe dream. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of pipe dream These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of pipe dream?

Translations of pipe dream

in Chinese (Traditional) 白日夢，幻想，妄想, 行不通的計劃… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 白日梦，幻想，妄想, 行不通的计划… See more in Spanish quimera, sueño, sueño imposible… See more in Portuguese sonho impossível, fantasia, sonho… See more in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian rêve illusoire… See more hayal, düş… See more hersenschim… See more vidina… See more ønskedrøm… See more khayalan… See more เรื่องเพ้อฝัน… See more ý nghĩ viển vông… See more mrzonka… See more önskedröm… See more angan-angan… See more das Hirngespinst… See more ønskedrøm, luftslott… See more нездійсненна мрія, план, побудований на піску… See more Need a translator?

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