rainbow
(reɪnboʊ )
Word forms: rainbows
1. countable noun B2
A rainbow is an arch of different colours that you can sometimes see in the sky when it is raining.
Oh look, a rainbow!
...silk brocade of every colour of the rainbow.
2. countable noun [usually NOUN of noun]
A rainbow of colours is a wide range of bright colours.
...a rainbow of coloured cushions.
3. the end of the rainbow phrase
If you say that something is at the end of the rainbow, you mean that people want it but it is almost impossible to obtain or achieve.
The promise of a cure–the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow–often makes sensible people do irrational things.
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Idioms:
the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
something that will be very difficult to achieve in reality, although you dream of getting it
I would rather be honest with people than mislead them that there is going to be some pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Translations:
Chinese: 彩虹
Japanese: 虹