pie in the sky

pie in the sky
pie in the sky
1. Fig. a future reward after death, considered as a replacement for a reward not received on earth. •

Don't hold out for pie in the sky. Get realistic.

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If he didn't hope for some heavenly pie in the sky, he would probably be a real crook.

2. Fig. having to do with a hope for a special reward. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) •

Get rid of your pie-in-the-sky ideas!

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What these pie-in-the-sky people really want is money.

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{n. phr.}, {informal} An unrealistic wish or hope. * /Our trip to Hawaii is still only a pie in the sky./ Compare: PIPE DREAM.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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