pie-in-the-sky

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pie-in-the-sky

Of a dream unlikely to ever come true; impractical, unrealizable.

Etymology:

From the noun pie in the sky.

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If his [Donald Trump's] detailing was productive, it was somewhat undermined by a final, typical Trumpian flourish of pie-in-the-sky rhetoric.

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Submitted on January 20, 2019

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pie-in-the-sky

Lacking reality and serviceability.

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