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
Si-U	shee-oo	Korean
Jaakko	YAH:K-ko	Finnish
Nova	NO-və	English
Bibiana	bee-BYAH-nah (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Reuven	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Ivica	-	Croatian, Serbian