NOUN
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a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
How To Use pipe dream In A Sentence
- It sounds like a pipe dream - but that is what is happening on the internet. The Sun
- I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
- Says Jeff Blumenfeld, editor of Expedition News, "An-Tiki has given new meaning to the term 'pipe dream.' ABC News: Top Stories
- I'm not talking about a vaccine, which most scientists consider a pipe dream against a diverse and constantly mutating retrovirus like HIV.
- But for now, a thaw in Cuban-American relations remains a pipe dream.
- They call the dissolution of century-old towns, which residents have strong emotional ties to, a pipe dream. Wall Street Sense for Main Street
- Father's plan to build a forest cabin by the lake was just a pipe dream.
- The only way this will be done is following the existing rail lines, I fear even this is a pipe dream in muddled Toronto. » City Council boards the DRL bandwagon • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape
- So what if Maggie wants to quit school and pursue some pipe dream.
- I've spent the last quarter of my life pursuing the pipe dream of fame.