a flight of fancy



a flight of fancy/fantasy/imagination

an idea which shows a lot of imagination but which is not practical or useful in real situations You were talking about cycling across the US, or was that just another flight of fancy?
See also: fancy, flight, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
FajraFIE-rahEsperanto
Davidson['deividsn]
KÄTheKE-təGerman
Nina (3)-Native American, Quechua
Flanagan-English (Rare)
PiaPEE-ah (Italian, Danish, German)Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Slovene, Late Roman