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单词 flight of fancy
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flight of fancy

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An unrealistic idea or fantastic notion, a pipe dream. For example, She engaged in flights of fancy, such as owning a million-dollar house. This idiom uses flight in the sense of “a soaring of the imagination,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

Words nearby flight of fancy

flight level, flight lieutenant, flight line, flight management systems, flight nurse, flight of fancy, flight officer, flight of ideas, flight path, flight pay, flight plan
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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