PIPE DREAM


Meaning of PIPE DREAM in English

{n.}, {informal} An unrealizable, financially unsound, wishful way of thinking; an unrealistic plan. * /Joe went through the motions of pretending that he wanted to buy that 250,000 house, but his wife candidly told the real estate lady that it was just a pipe dream./ Compare: PIE IN THE SKY.

Slang English vocab.      Английский сленговый словарь.