ALICE IN WONDERLAND


Meaning of ALICE IN WONDERLAND in English

noun

[ U ] used to describe a situation that is very strange, in which things happen that do not make any sense and are the opposite of what you would expect :

The country's economic system is pure Alice in Wonderland.

►  Alice-in-Wonderland adjective [ only before noun ]:

I felt I was in an Alice-in-Wonderland world.

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WORD ORIGIN

From the title of a children's story by Lewis Carroll.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.