pipe dream
noun/ˈpaɪp driːm/
/ˈpaɪp driːm/
- a hope or plan that is impossible to achieve or not practicalTopics Difficulty and failurec2Word Originlate 19th cent.: referring to a dream experienced when smoking an opium pipe.
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