pie-in-the-sky
See also: pie in the sky
English
Etymology
From the noun pie in the sky.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈpaɪ n̩ ðə ˈskaɪ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ
Adjective
pie-in-the-sky (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Lacking reality and serviceability.
- a pie-in-the-sky patent
- (idiomatic) Of a dream unlikely to ever come true; impractical, unrealizable.
- 2017 March 1, Anthony Zurcher, “Trump addresses Congress: A kinder, gentler president”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 5 June 2017:
- If his [Donald Trump's] detailing was productive, it was somewhat undermined by a final, typical Trumpian flourish of pie-in-the-sky rhetoric.
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