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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].

[pigeonhole]  {v.}

1. To set aside; defer consideration of.

The plan was pigeonholed until the next committee meeting.

2. To typecast; give a stereotypical characterization to someone.

* /It was unfair of the committee to pigeonhole him as a  […]

[pigeonhole]  {n.}

1. Small compartment for internal mail in an office or a department.

"You can just put your late exam into my pigeonhole," said Professor Brown to the concerned student.

2. One of the small compartments in a desk or cabinet.

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[piggy-back]  {adj.} or  {adv.}

Sitting or being carried on the shoulders.

Little John loved to go for a piggy-back ride on his father's shoulders.

[piggy bank]  {n.}

A small bank, sometimes in the shape of a pig, for saving coins.

[pigheaded]  {adj.}

Stubborn; unwilling to compromise.

[pig in a poke]  {n. phr.}

An unseen bargain; something accepted or bought without looking at it carefully.

[pig out]  {v. phr.}

1. To eat a tremendous amount of food.

"I always pig out on my birthday," she confessed.

2. To peruse; have great fun with; indulge in for a longer period of time.

* /"Go to bed and pig out on a good mystery story," the  […]

[pile up]  {v. phr.}

1. To grow into a big heap.

He didn't go into his office for three days and his work kept piling up.

2. To run aground.

Boats often pile up on the rocks in the shallow water.

3. To crash.

* /One car made a sudden stop  […]

[pile-up]  {n.}

1. A heap; a deposit of one object on top of another.

There is a huge pile-up of junked cars in this vacant lot.

2. A large number of objects in the same place, said of traffic.

* /I was late because of the traffic pile-up on the  […]