pipe dream

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[pipe dream] {n.}, {informal} An unrealizable, financially unsound, wishful way of thinking; an unrealistic plan.

* /Joe went through the motions of pretending that he wanted to buy that $250,000 house, but his wife candidly told the real estate lady that it was just a pipe dream./

Compare: PIE IN THE SKY.

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	{informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {n.} ⁹¹²

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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