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DictionarySeecloud-cuckoo-landCloud Cuckoo Land
cloud-cuckoo landA state or realm of unrealistic and idealized fancy, beyond the realms of possibility. Often preceded by "live/be in." He's always got some harebrained schemes on how to fix the world, all of them right out of cloud-cuckoo land! If Tom thinks he'll be able to live off his bad poetry, he's living in cloud-cuckoo land!See also: landCloud Cuckoo LandA nonexistent place of perfection, a utopia. This phrase comes from The Birds by the Greek dramatist Aristophanes, in which the birds decide to build a perfect city called Cloud Cuckoo City. Over the years “City” became “Land.”See also: cloud, cuckoo, landEncyclopediaSeeCloud Cuckooland |