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pipe dream

1

noun

  1. any fantastic notion, hope, or story:

    Her plans for a movie career are just a pipe dream.



pipe-dream

2

[ pahyp-dreem ]

verb (used without object)

pipe-dreamed or pipe-dreamt, pipe-dreaming.
  1. to indulge in pipe dreams; fantasize.

pipe dream

noun

  1. a fanciful or impossible plan or hope
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pipe dream1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pipe dream1

alluding to dreams produced by smoking an opium pipe
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Idioms and Phrases

A fantastic notion or vain hope, as in I'd love to have one home in the mountains and another at the seashore, but that's just a pipe dream . Alluding to the fantasies induced by smoking an opium pipe, this term has been used more loosely since the late 1800s.
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However, the high bar for constitutional amendments makes Ogles' proposal a pipe dream - although it got people talking.

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But creating conditions in which such examples can flourish may seems like a pipe dream as America risks descending into autocracy, where no dialogue is possible or permitted.

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He is so angry because Ms Ismail's great expectation is not necessarily a pipe dream, at least in the long term.

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Security Council, additional sanctions are a pipe dream for the foreseeable future, while those on the books already are meekly enforced.

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He could endorse an effort, even if it’s a pipe dream, to amend the Constitution to repeal or at least reform presidents’ unchecked pardon power.

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