■ noun an unattainable or fanciful hope or scheme.
Origin
C19: referring to a dream experienced when smoking an opium pipe.
PIPE DREAM
Meaning of PIPE DREAM in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004
■ noun an unattainable or fanciful hope or scheme.
Origin
C19: referring to a dream experienced when smoking an opium pipe.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004