will-o'-the-wisp
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˌwɪl.ə.ðəˈwɪsp/us/ˌwɪl.ə.ðəˈwɪsp/something that isimpossibleto get orachieve:
虚幻的目标;实现不了的事Fullemploymentis the will-o'-the-wisp thatpoliticianshave beenchasingfordecades.全民就业是政治家们几十年来一直在追求的一个幻想。
Unachievable
- be (a) no goidiom
- be on a hiding to nothingidiom
- be out ofyourleagueidiom
- cat
- chase
- ghost
- goodbye
- hope
- impossibility
- impossible
- impracticable
- in/out of the runningidiom
- league
- running
- silk
- Sisyphean
- unachievable
- unattainable
- unfeasible
- unfeasibly