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What (who) is pipe dream - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Pipe Dream; Pipedream; Pipe dream (disambiguation); Pipe Dreams; Pipe Dream (disambiguation); Pipe Dreams (film); Pipe Dreams (album); Pipe Dreams (song); Pipedream (album)
pipe dream
also pipe-dream
(pipe dreams)
A pipe dream is a hope or plan that you have which you know will never really happen.
You could waste your whole life on a pipe-dream.
N-COUNT
pipe dream
¦ noun an unattainable or fanciful hope or scheme.
Origin
C19: referring to a dream experienced when smoking an opium pipe.
Pipe Mania
1989 VIDEO GAME
Pipemania; Pipe Dream (NES version); Pipe mania; Pipe Dream (video game); Pipe Mania (video game)
1990: Electron, Arcade, CPC, Apple II, Apple IIGS, BBC, C64, GB, Mac, NES, ZX1992: WindowsAugust 7, 1992: Super Famicom
Examples of use of pipe dream
1. Article continues An environmentalist‘s pipe dream?
2. Especially after Spain has proved that realizing a vision is no pipe dream.
3. Chen‘s pursuit of independence is an ill–thought–out pipe–dream, he added.
4. But could she trade it in to pursue a pipe dream?
5. To mothers such as Maynard and Willey that sounds like a pipe dream.