| 单词 | pie in the sky |
| 释义 | pie in the skysomething that youhopewillhappenbut is veryunlikelytohappen: 渺茫的希望；不大可能实现的计划Theirplansto set uptheirownbusinessare justpiein thesky.他们创办自己公司的计划只不过是空想罢了。 Unreal things and unreality
pie in the sky| American Dictionarypie in the skysomething good that isunlikelytohappen: Iwantedto be amajorleaguebaseballplayer, but Iknewit wasprobablypie in thesky. Examplesofpie in the skypie in the sky Here, then, is yourpieintheskyand opium of the people. From theCambridge English Corpus But my nice planetary system looks suspiciously tidy, and may just turn out to be 'pieinthesky'. From theCambridge English Corpus We have been hypnotised for too long by gazing atpieinthesky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Good human relations in industry are notpieinthesky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Has he any clear ideas about this or is it just a vague, ambiguous, equivocal piece ofpieinthesky? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The other day she did not want to throw the small shopkeepers to the wolves forpieinthesky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is purepieintheskywhether we are in hail of what we are aiming at. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not this allpieinthesky? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It ispieinthesky, and poison pie at that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that it ispieinthesky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We finish withpieintheskytomorrow but very rarely a tax concession for tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That, he said, was not "pieinthesky" but something which would be carried out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is much better to be realistic than to offerpieinthesky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, it was "pieinthesky". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To boast about national health service expenditure three years ahead is completepieinthesky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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