pipe dream

See also: pipedream

English

From the fantasies experienced when smoking an opium pipe.

pipe dream (plural pipe dreams)

(idiomatic) A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility.
I think that his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and that he should stay in school.

near impossibility

Greek: ὀνειροπόληση f (ὀneiropólisi), ονειροφαντασία (el) f (oneirofantasía)
Hebrew: (formally) חלומות באספמיה‎ (he) m pl (ḥalomót be aspámya), (formally) מגדלים פורחים באוויר‎ m pl (migdalím porḥím ba avír)
Hungarian: légvár (hu)
Japanese: 夢物語 (ゆめものがたり, yumemonogatari)
Maori: waitara
Norwegian: luftslott (no) n, ønskedrøm m
Polish: mrzonka (pl) f
Portuguese: quimera (pt) f
Russian: несбы́точная мечта́ f (nesbýtočnaja mečtá) (unrealizable dream), возду́шные за́мки m pl (vozdúšnyje zámki) (air castles)
Spanish: sueño guajiro (es), castillo en el aire m
Swedish: luftslott (sv) n, önskedröm
Turkish: boş hayal (tr), hülya (tr)

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