pipe dream

Examples (10)

• Her plan to become a movie star overnight was nothing more than a pipe dream.
• For many young people, owning a house in this city is just a pipe dream.
• World peace, while a noble goal, is considered by some to be a pipe dream.
• Investors were wary, thinking his revolutionary invention was just another pipe dream.
• Without serious funding, his startup will remain a pipe dream.
• At first, traveling to Mars seemed like a pipe dream, but now it's a real possibility.
• He spent his life chasing the pipe dream of finding a lost city of gold.
• She dismissed his ambitions as a childish pipe dream, which only motivated him more.
• Is creating a perfectly fair society a noble aspiration or an unattainable pipe dream?
• They clung to the pipe dream of winning the lottery to solve all their problems.