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PIE IN THE SKY

smth. that is unrealistic or that cannot be achieved
PIE IN THE SKY
1. Don’t believe those pie-in-the-sky advertisements you see on television selling large plots of land for pennies. They’re too good to be true.
2. The salesman promised Amy that the wrinkle cream would make her skin as soft as a baby’s, but she knew not to believe him. It was pie in the sky.


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