گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'pipe dream'

1 عمومی:: نقشه‌ خیالی‌ و موهوم‌

2 عمومی:: امید واهی‌

1 general:: Phrase(s): a pipe dream Fig. a wish or an idea that is impossible to achieve or carry out. (From the dreams or visions induced by the smoking of an opium pipe.) • Going to the West Indies is a pipe dream. We’ll never have enough money. • Your hopes of winning a lot of money are just a silly pipe dream.

2 general:: A fantastic notion or vain hope, as in I'd love to have one home in the mountains and another at the seashore, but that's just a pipe dream. Alluding to the fantasies induced by smoking an opium pipe, this term has been used more loosely since the late 1800s.