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pipe dream
noun as in unrealistic hope
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I was drawn to The Class for different reasons—chiefly, the pipe dream of achieving a tighter and tauter backside.
First of all, the idea that Childers ever had any kind of chance of winning a Senate seat in Mississippi was a pipe dream.
But getting our divided, dysfunctional Congress to agree on a course of action seems like a pipe dream.
Yet it's a pipe dream to hope for a trancendent figure to help the GOP cleanse itself of the fringe.
In other words, in the realm of what has been called the “bio-doc,” objectivity is an elusive pipe dream.
I was about to give you a message from his majesty our king, but if you're on a pipe dream don't let me call you home.
But how among countless suggestions is a "cause" to know the difference between a true invention and a pipe-dream?
This is no pipe dream or a simple newspaper yarn, but the plain truth.
I have been trying to believe that what he told me isn't altogether a pipe-dream, but it sounds mightily like one.
"Sounds like a pipe-dream," commented Matt, when his chum had finished.
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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pipe dream, such as: daydream, wishful thinking, air castle, airy hope, castle in the air, and castle in the sky.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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