pie in the sky

PROBABLYsomething good that someone says will happen, but which you think is impossible or unlikely 空中楼阁，不大可能实现的允诺[建议]

Hope of a cure is just pie in the sky.

找到治疗方法的希望太过渺茫了。

→ mud pie, pie chart, → easy as pie at easy1(1), → eat humble pie at humble1(6), → have a finger in every pie at finger1(7), → be as nice as pie at nice(11)

Examples from the Corpus

pie in the sky• But that's all pie in the sky.• What used to be pie in the sky when you die has, quite rightly, become pie now, please.• Building a baseball field downtown is just pie in the sky right now.• Any talk of getting a reasonable response from the terrorists is just pie in the sky.• So much pie in the sky, she remembered thinking later.• Do not be deceived into throwing away a decent offer in pursuit of pie in the sky.• Eventual payment was promised at the rate of 5Op per deal, but this proved pie in the sky.• I was promised the pie in the sky by and by.

→ pie in the sky at pie(2)

单词	pie in the sky
释义	pie in the sky pie in the sky PROBABLYsomething good that someone says will happen, but which you think is impossible or unlikely 空中楼阁，不大可能实现的允诺[建议] Hope of a cure is just pie in the sky. 找到治疗方法的希望太过渺茫了。 → mud pie, pie chart, → easy as pie at easy1(1), → eat humble pie at humble1(6), → have a finger in every pie at finger1(7), → be as nice as pie at nice(11) Examples from the Corpus pie in the sky• But that's all pie in the sky.• What used to be pie in the sky when you die has, quite rightly, become pie now, please.• Building a baseball field downtown is just pie in the sky right now.• Any talk of getting a reasonable response from the terrorists is just pie in the sky.• So much pie in the sky, she remembered thinking later.• Do not be deceived into throwing away a decent offer in pursuit of pie in the sky.• Eventual payment was promised at the rate of 5Op per deal, but this proved pie in the sky.• I was promised the pie in the sky by and by. → pie in the sky at pie(2)
随便看	something on its merits something on its own merits something on steroids something or other something out something out loud something presents itself something rocks something rules something's claim to fame something's day something's days are numbered something's former self something's last gasp something/somebody has their uses something/someone/somewhere etc or other something's sphere of influence something's stablemate something sucks something suggests itself something that would make somebody blush something to something to be said for doing something something to be said for something something to do