look good on paper

to seem fine in theory, but not perhaps in practice; to appear to be a good plan. The plan looks good on paper, but it may not work. This looks good on paper. Let's hope it works in the real world.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vitalis	-	Late Roman
Lanre	-	Western African, Yoruba
TighearnÁN	TEER-nawn	Irish
Darius	də-RIE-əs (English), DER-ee-əs (English), DAR-ee-əs (English)	English, Lithuanian, Romanian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
JerÔNimo	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Hjalmar	YAHL-mahr (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish