PIE IN THE SKY

Meaning of PIE IN THE SKY in English

see pie

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

PIE IN THE SKY — Date: 1911 an unrealistic enterprise or prospect of prosperity, pie-in-the-sky adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PIE-IN-THE-SKY — adjective see: pie in the sky
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PIE IN THE SKY — Etymology: from You'll get pie in the sky when you die, line in The Preacher and the Slave ( ab …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIE IN THE SKY — pie 1 (def. 8). [ 1910-15, Amer. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE IN THE SKY — empty promise; unrealistic desire that is not realized
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PIE-IN-THE-SKY — see pie in the sky
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIE IN THE SKY — Date: 1911 : an unrealistic enterprise or prospect of prosperity • pie-in-the-sky adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIE IN THE SKY — 1911 : an unrealistic enterprise or prospect of prosperity – pie-in-the-sky adjective
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PIE IN THE SKY — informal something pleasant to contemplate but very unlikely to be realized. → pie
Concise Oxford English vocab
PIE IN THE SKY — [pie in the sky] (1911): an unrealistic enterprise or prospect of prosperity -- pie-in-the-sky adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIE IN THE SKY — ( informal ) an event that sb talks about that seems very unlikely to happen : This talk of moving …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE IN THE SKY — see pie
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PIE IN THE SKY — {n. phr.}, {informal} An unrealistic wish or hope. * /Our trip to Hawaii is still only a pie in the …
Slang English vocab
PIE IN THE SKY — See ↑ HOPE 5
Longman Activator English vocab
PIE IN THE SKY — (informal) FALSE HOPE, illusion, delusion, fantasy, pipe dream, daydream, castle in the air, castle in Spain. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PIE IN THE SKY — {n. phr.}, {informal} An unrealistic wish or hope. * /Our trip to Hawaii is still only a pie in the …
Словарь английских идиом
PIE IN THE SKY — unrealistic, not practical, hairbrain, half baked When first invented, the car and phone were pie-in-the-sky ideas. Now we have phones …
English Idioms vocab
PIE IN THE SKY — unrealistic, not practical, hairbrain , half-baked When first invented, the car and phone were pie-in-the-sky ideas. Now we have phones …
English Idioms vocabulary
PIE IN THE SKY — n. phr. , informal An unrealistic wish or hope. Our trip to Hawaii is still only a pie in the …
American Idioms English vocabulary
PIE IN THE SKY — _ам. пирог на том свете; журавль в небе
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PIE IN THE SKY — журавль в небе, пирог на том свете
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PIE IN THE SKY — журавль в небе, пирог на том свете
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PIE IN THE SKY — _ам. пирог на том свете; журавль в небе
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PIE IN THE SKY — ам. пирог на том свете; журавль в небе
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PIE IN THE SKY — несбыточная мечта та самая награда, которую дождутся "после дождичка в четверг"
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
PIE IN THE SKY — см Hill, Joe
PIE IN THE SKY — см. Hill, Joe
PIE IN THE SKY — * pipe dream 1. несбыточная мечта; 2. нереалистический, идеалистический, фантастический
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
PIE IN THE SKY — 1. несбыточная мечта; 2. нереалистический, идеалистический, фантастический
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
PIE IN THE SKY — несбыточная мечта та самая награда, которую дождутся "после дождичка в четверг"
English Russian slang dictionary
SKY — I. ˈskī noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, cloud, sky, from Old Norse skȳ cloud; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIE — I. ˈpī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKY — (v. t.) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.
Английский словарь Webster
PIE — (n.) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison …
Английский словарь Webster
SKY — ( v. t. ) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE — ( n. ) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKY — — skyless , adj. — skylike , adj. /skuy/ , n. , pl. skies , v. skied or skyed, skying …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE — pie 1 — pielike , adj. /puy/ , n. 1. a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKY — I. ˈskī noun ( plural skies ) Etymology: Middle English, cloud, sky, from Old Norse skȳ cloud; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIE — I. ˈpī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, Old High German speh …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKY — noun hence, a shadow. 2. sky ·noun the wheather; the climate. 3. sky ·noun a cloud. 4. sky ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
PIE — noun ·see camp, ·noun, 5. 2. pie ·noun the service book. 3. pie ·vt ·see pi. 4. pie ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
SKY — [sky] n, pl skies [ME, cloud, sky, fr. ON sky cloud; akin to OE sceo cloud] (13c) 1: the upper …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIE — [pie] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L pica; akin to L picus woodpecker, OHG speh] (13c ): magpie [2]pie n …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIE — dish made by lining a shallow container with pastry (q.v.) and filling the container with a sweet or savoury mixture. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKY — / skaɪ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ C , U ] ( pl. skies ) the space …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE — / paɪ; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] 1. fruit baked in a dish with pastry on the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKY — Sky BrE AmE ⇨ see ↑ Sky TV
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKY — sky S2 W2 /skaɪ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural skies ) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIE — pie S2 /paɪ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Perhaps from pie 'magpie' ( ⇨ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKY — n. & v. --n. (pl. skies) (in sing. or pl.) 1 the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKY — n. & v. n. (pl. skies) (in sing. or pl.) 1 the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKY — n. & v. --n. (pl. skies) (in sing. or pl.) 1. the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen …
Oxford English vocab
PIE — 1. n.1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Oxford English vocab
SKY — ( skies) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The sky is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE — ( pies) 1. A pie consists of meat, vegetables, or fruit baked in pastry. ...a pork pie. ...apple pie and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc ▪ I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers. as easy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKY — [noun] [U] - the area above the tallest structures on the Earth, in which clouds, the sun, etc. can be …
Cambridge English vocab
PIE — [noun] - a round pastry container in which meat, vegetables or fruit are cooked and which might also be covered …
Cambridge English vocab
SKY — See: OUT OF THE BLUE or OUT OF A CLEAR SKY or OUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY, REACH FOR …
Slang English vocab

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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