CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND


Meaning of CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND in English

If you say that someone is living in ~, you are criticizing them because they think there are no problems and that things will happen exactly as they want them to, when this is obviously not the case. (mainly BRIT)

I was living in ~ about my salary expectations.

N-UNCOUNT: also a N disapproval

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .