Sekirov Dictionary

pie-in-the-sky

/ˈpaɪ n̩ ðə ˈskaɪ/

adjective 2
pie in the sky noun 1
forms 4

adjective2

Lacking reality and serviceability.
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Of a dream, unlikely to ever come true; impractical, unrealizable.
- If his [Donald Trump's] detailing was productive, it was somewhat undermined by a final, typical Trumpian flourish of pie-in-the-sky rhetoric. — 2017

pie in the sky noun1

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A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept; the illusory promise of a desired outcome that is unlikely to happen.
- Don't you think I have anything better to do than go scrambling around hundreds of square miles of the toughest wilderness in the state looking for pie in the sky? — 1950

forms

more pie in the sky · more pie-in-the-sky · most pie in the sky · most pie-in-the-sky

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