短语 | pie in the sky |
释义 | pie in the sky something 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不过是空中楼阁罢了。⇒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) pie in the sky informal used to describe or refer to something that is pleasant to contemplate but is very unlikely to be realized 〈非正式〉渺茫的希望; 不能实现的好事。 ˌpie in the ˈsky(informal)an event that sb talks about that seems very unlikely to happen难以实现的事;幻想的事;空中楼阁This talk of moving to Australia is all just pie in the sky.移居澳大利亚之说纯属异想天开。 |
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