单词 | cloud-cuckoo-land |
释义 | cloud-cuckoo-landuncountable noun [oft a NOUN] 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. [mainly British, disapproval] I was living in cloud-cuckoo-land about my salary expectations. cloud-cuckoo-land in British English or cloudland (ˈklaʊdˌlænd) noun a realm of fantasy, dreams, or impractical notions cloud-cuckoo-land in American English (ˌklaʊdˈkuˌku lænd) noun a place or condition that is fanciful, lacking in reality, impractically utopian, etc. Examples of 'cloud-cuckoo-land' in a sentence |
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