a pipe dream



a pipe dream

an idea that could never happen because it is impossible The classless society is just a pipe dream.
See also: dream, pipe

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Margaretamahr-gah-RE-tah (German), MAHR-gah-re-tah (Finnish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish, Croatian
Krastyu-Bulgarian
Lubomir-Bulgarian
Ballin['bælin]
Sedef-Turkish
Eugenios-Ancient Greek