Synonyms for pipe dream
pipe dream

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1. pipe dream, dreamnoun

   a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)

   "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"

   Synonyms:
   dreaming, dream, aspiration, ambition

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1. Ted Cruz:

   This fevered pipe dream of Washington that at the convention they would parachute in some white knight who will save the Washington establishment, it is nothing less than a pipe dream, it ai n’t gon na happen. If it did happen, the people would quite rightly revolt. Senator Cruz only bolstered his case that he's gaining momentum in the battle against front-runner Trump with his Wisconsin victory. He scored 48 percent of the vote to Trump's 35 percent, and picked up the lion's share of the state's delegates. Ohio Gov. John Kasich trailed far behind. The race heads next, though, to New York state where Trump has a commanding lead in the polls. The criticism of having ties to the establishment is an unusual one for Cruz -- who has portrayed himself as an outsider fighting against what he calls.

2. Emin Gun Sirer:

   Is it a pipe dream to expect to be able to build a currency system that is completely decentralized and free of any control whatsoever? The short answer to that is yes, but that's not what anyone should have expected anyway.

3. Greg McBride:

   The idea that lenders are not going to pass this along to the consumer is a pipe dream, this is essentially an additional tax levied on the merchandise that will be passed on to the consumer. It is Fannie and Freddie reaching into the borrower's pockets.

4. Brad Cornell:

   If [ the market is ] priced to perfection and then something indicates that the perfection is a pipe dream, prices will come off.

5. Gillian Giannetti:

   This is tremendous news for West Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolinians who deserve clean air, safe water and protection from climate change, as they abandon this dirty pipe dream, Dominion and Duke should now pivot to investing more in energy efficiency, wind and solar -- that's how to provide jobs and a better future for all.