Meanings (ES + gloss)
castillo en el aire • ensueño imposible • entelequia • quimera • sueño guajiro
A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility.
I think that his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and that he should stay in school.
Only a year ago it would have needed a "super-Micawber" to be optimistic that the railways would once again pay their way. But it was no longer a pipe dream that B.R. could make a…
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