PIE IN THE SKY

Meaning of PIE IN THE SKY in English

See ↑ HOPE 5

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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 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 — (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

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