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pie in the sky
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a plan or promise that sounds nice but will probably never happen
Used like a noun ('it's pie in the sky') or with hyphens as an adjective ('a pie-in-the-sky idea'). Vietnamese 'bánh vẽ' is a close match.
In context
The mayor's promise of free buses for everyone sounds like pie in the sky.
Retiring at forty is pie in the sky on my salary.
More idioms about food
- a bad appleone bad person who has a bad effect on the rest of a group
- a couch potatoa person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV instead of being active
- a different kettle of fisha completely different situation from the one just mentioned
- a finger in every pieinvolved in many different activities, often to get power
- a meal ticketa person or thing that someone uses as a source of money or support