pipe dream

pipe dream {n.}, {informal}

An unrealizable, financially unsound, wishful way of thinking; an unrealistic plan.

Joe went through the motions of pretending that he wanted to buy that $250,000 house, but his wife candidly told the real estate lady that it was just a pipe dream.

Compare: PIE IN THE SKY.

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[pie in the sky] {n. phr.}, {informal} An unrealistic wish or hope. * /Our trip to Hawaii is still only a pie in the sky./ Compare: [PIPE DREAM]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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