cloud-cuckoo-land

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English - Turkish
hayal alemi
ütopik ülke
(deyim) hayal dünyasında
(deyim) pembe bulutların üzerinde
English - English
An imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside
disapproval If you say that someone is living in cloud-cuckoo-land, you are criticizing them because they think there are no problems and that things will happen exactly as they want them to, when this is obviously not the case. I was living in cloud-cuckoo-land about my salary expectations
imaginary idealistic world, place that people who are unrealistic or excessively optimistic are said to live
an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality
cloud-cuckoo-land

    Hyphenation

    cloud-cuck·oo-land

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Translating Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκυγία (in Aristophanes).
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