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pie in the sky
pie in the sky
- A preposterously optimistic goal: 鈥淭he candidate says we can balance the budget by next year, but I think that's pie in the sky.鈥
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pie in the sky1
Idioms and Phrases
An empty wish or promise, as in His dream of being hired as a sports editor proved to be pie in the sky . This expression was first recorded in 1911 in a rallying song of a union, the International Workers of the World (or 鈥淲obblies鈥): 鈥淲ork and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die.鈥Example Sentences
I鈥檓 not in any way 鈥減ie in the sky鈥 about these realities, but I also recognize and actually trust in a belief that sometimes good things happen in ways that feel predetermined and fateful.
It may sound silly or pie in the sky, but Assemblyman Anthony Rendon, who started the committee, thinks lawmakers should be seriously pursuing how to increase happiness for Californians.
鈥淚t was almost kind of a pie in the sky that he would be who he is,鈥 Rivera said.
It鈥檚 an open question whether Bluesky will soar or remain a pie in the sky.
鈥淭he technology鈥檚 not there. Common sense is what needs to prevail here, not pie in the sky dreaming,鈥 Cousens said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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