Meaning of pie in the sky in English
pie in the sky
(Definition of pie in the sky from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of pie in the sky
pie in the sky
Here, then, is your pie in the sky and opium of the people.
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But my nice planetary system looks suspiciously tidy, and may just turn out to be 'pie in the sky'.
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We have been hypnotised for too long by gazing at pie in the sky.
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Good human relations in industry are not pie in the sky.
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Has he any clear ideas about this or is it just a vague, ambiguous, equivocal piece of pie in the sky?
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The other day she did not want to throw the small shopkeepers to the wolves for pie in the sky.
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It is pure pie in the sky whether we are in hail of what we are aiming at.
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Is not this all pie in the sky?
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It is pie in the sky, and poison pie at that.
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I do not think that it is pie in the sky.
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We finish with pie in the sky tomorrow but very rarely a tax concession for tonight.
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That, he said, was not "pie in the sky" but something which would be carried out.
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It is much better to be realistic than to offer pie in the sky.
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In other words, it was "pie in the sky".
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To boast about national health service expenditure three years ahead is complete pie in the sky.
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Translations of pie in the sky
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promesses en l’air…
ham hayal, olmayacak dua…
luchtkasteel…
vzdušné zámky…
luftkastel…
janji indah…
วาดวิมานกลางอากาศ…
hy vọng hão huyền…
obiecanki cacanki…
[lova] guld och gröna skogar…
tinggi melangit…
das Luftschloss…
tomme løfter…
синиця у небі…
