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Pipe dream

A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility.

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noun
  1. 1

    A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility.

    "I think that his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and that he should stay in school."

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