pie in the skyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpʌɪ ɪn ðə ˈskʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈˌpaɪ ᵻn ðə ˈskaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pie n.², in prep., the adj., sky n.¹

Etymology: < pie n.² + in prep. + the adj. + sky n.¹, after the lyrics of the song quoted in quot. 1911 at sense A. 1. Compare pie n.² 5.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. n.

1. A reward in heaven for virtue or suffering on earth.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > product of > visionary scheme

Babel1711

Babel scheme1715

pie in the sky1911

1911 J. Hill in G. M. Smith Labor Martyr (1969) i. 20 You'll get pie in the sky when you die.

1926 Amer. Mercury Jan. 65/1 Pie in the sky is a somewhat cynical reference to the bourgeois heaven.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Dec. 750/4 Rightly mistrusting the idea of ‘pie in the sky’, he [sc. the American] expects to have his reward here.

1990 R. Graham God's Dominion x. 231 It wasn't enough to talk about pie in the sky... We had to concern ourselves with the problems people had here and now.

2. An unrealistic prospect of future happiness; something that is pleasant to contemplate but very unlikely to be realized.

ΚΠ

1941 Archit. Rev. 89 117/1 Utopianism, or wishful-thinking, or pie-in-the-sky, or whatever we care to call it.

1972 Business Week 7 Oct. 80/1 ‘Everybody told us flexi-time was pie in the sky,’ says Gösta Rehn.

2003 Focus July 28/3 What we need is a new process that mimics photosynthesis. Pie in the sky? Maybe not, as there are groups of scientists, mainly in Australia and the USA, working on exactly this.

B. adj. (attributive).

Usually with hyphens. Unrealistic, unattainable, illusory.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective] > of fanciful nature

feigned1526

fantasticala1546

conceited1588

capricious1594

fanatical1598

vaporous1605

chimerical1638

chimeric1655

lymphatical1678

chimerian1682

wild goose1770

visionary1777

whimmy1785

whimming1787

Laputan1866

viewy1866

Alice1872

Alice-in-Wonderland1874

fantasied1882

Alician1898

blue-sky1920

pie in the sky1930

rocambolesque1935

1930 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 35 667 It is as though a match had been set to the whole inflammable social structure with its elements of exploitation..and pie-in-the-sky religion.

1971 Physics Bull. June 322/1 Is this just pie-in-the-sky dreaming about some utopian future where there will be no more pollution, poverty, malnutrition and similar afflictions?

1995 Daily Express 17 Mar. 67/4 You can chase after silly, pie in the sky, unproven, unsubstantiated ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes.

Derivatives

ˌpie-in-the-ˈskyer n. a person who makes promises or cherishes dreams which cannot be fulfilled.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful person

dreamera1425

fantast1588

fantastical1589

fantastic1598

maggot-monger1607

Sabine1610

maggot-patea1640

wham1691

whim1712

visionarya1719

imaginariana1729

ideologue1815

ideologist1818

fancier1828

idealist1829

abstractionist1844

phantasist1864

dreamsmith1873

luftmensch1902

cuckoo-lander1916

fantasist1923

pie-in-the-skyer1973

1973 Time 25 June 4/2 Exposing shenanigans, militants, self-servers and pie-in-the-skyers must be done, no matter how or by whom.

2001 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 3 Oct. 9 l If Doomsayers spout warnings, Pie-in-the-Skyers gush warm, fuzzy feelings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pie in the sky
释义	pie in the skyn.adj. Brit. /ˌpʌɪ ɪn ðə ˈskʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌpaɪ ᵻn ðə ˈskaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pie n.², in prep., the adj., sky n.¹ Etymology: < pie n.² + in prep. + the adj. + sky n.¹, after the lyrics of the song quoted in quot. 1911 at sense A. 1. Compare pie n.² 5. colloquial (originally U.S.). A. n. 1. A reward in heaven for virtue or suffering on earth. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > product of > visionary scheme Babel1711 Babel scheme1715 pie in the sky1911 1911 J. Hill in G. M. Smith Labor Martyr (1969) i. 20 You'll get pie in the sky when you die. 1926 Amer. Mercury Jan. 65/1 Pie in the sky is a somewhat cynical reference to the bourgeois heaven. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Dec. 750/4 Rightly mistrusting the idea of ‘pie in the sky’, he [sc. the American] expects to have his reward here. 1990 R. Graham God's Dominion x. 231 It wasn't enough to talk about pie in the sky... We had to concern ourselves with the problems people had here and now. 2. An unrealistic prospect of future happiness; something that is pleasant to contemplate but very unlikely to be realized. ΚΠ 1941 Archit. Rev. 89 117/1 Utopianism, or wishful-thinking, or pie-in-the-sky, or whatever we care to call it. 1972 Business Week 7 Oct. 80/1 ‘Everybody told us flexi-time was pie in the sky,’ says Gösta Rehn. 2003 Focus July 28/3 What we need is a new process that mimics photosynthesis. Pie in the sky? Maybe not, as there are groups of scientists, mainly in Australia and the USA, working on exactly this. B. adj. (attributive). Usually with hyphens. Unrealistic, unattainable, illusory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective] > of fanciful nature feigned1526 fantasticala1546 conceited1588 capricious1594 fanatical1598 vaporous1605 chimerical1638 chimeric1655 lymphatical1678 chimerian1682 wild goose1770 visionary1777 whimmy1785 whimming1787 Laputan1866 viewy1866 Alice1872 Alice-in-Wonderland1874 fantasied1882 Alician1898 blue-sky1920 pie in the sky1930 rocambolesque1935 1930 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 35 667 It is as though a match had been set to the whole inflammable social structure with its elements of exploitation..and pie-in-the-sky religion. 1971 Physics Bull. June 322/1 Is this just pie-in-the-sky dreaming about some utopian future where there will be no more pollution, poverty, malnutrition and similar afflictions? 1995 Daily Express 17 Mar. 67/4 You can chase after silly, pie in the sky, unproven, unsubstantiated ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes. Derivatives ˌpie-in-the-ˈskyer n. a person who makes promises or cherishes dreams which cannot be fulfilled. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful person dreamera1425 fantast1588 fantastical1589 fantastic1598 maggot-monger1607 Sabine1610 maggot-patea1640 wham1691 whim1712 visionarya1719 imaginariana1729 ideologue1815 ideologist1818 fancier1828 idealist1829 abstractionist1844 phantasist1864 dreamsmith1873 luftmensch1902 cuckoo-lander1916 fantasist1923 pie-in-the-skyer1973 1973 Time 25 June 4/2 Exposing shenanigans, militants, self-servers and pie-in-the-skyers must be done, no matter how or by whom. 2001 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 3 Oct. 9 l If Doomsayers spout warnings, Pie-in-the-Skyers gush warm, fuzzy feelings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1911
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